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· 6/30/1994

Owens v. Motor Vehicles Division

Citations

  • 875 P.2d 463
  • 319 Or. 259
  • 1994 Ore. LEXIS 57

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  • holding that the legislature’s authorization of particular challenges to the proper administration of a Breathalyzer test implies a legislative intent to exclude other kinds of challenges
  • holding that the legislature's authorization of particular challenges to the proper administration of a Breathalyzer test implies a legislative intent to exclude other kinds of challenges
  • considering testimony by legal counsel to senate committee on effect of the bill
  • a statute is ambiguous if capable of more than one interpretation that is not \wholly implausible\
  • a statute is ambiguous if capable of more than one interpretation that is not “wholly implausible”
  • in first level of analysis in statutory construction, court considers the context of the statutory provision at issue, including other provisions of the same and related statutes

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Judges: Carson, Gillette, Van Hoomissen, Fadeley, Unis, Graber

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