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State v. Stout

Citations

  • 415 P.3d 567
  • 362 Or. 758

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  • concluding that, despite ordinary reluctance to draw inferences from legislative silence, the court would have expected to find some evidence of the state's proffered construction
  • recognizing that the legislature created a specific pleading requirement for ORICO cases in ORS 166.720(6)
  • explaining the need to be “cautious” about “drawing significant inferences from legislative silence,” although noting legislative silence can be “significant” in some cases
  • “We are not to read a statute out of context so as to produce an unwork- able or absurd result, or counteract the legislature’s clear intention.”

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Judges: Flynn

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