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Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon v. Joseph Y. Aizawa, et al. |
Ordinarily, a party entitled to recover attorney fees |
City of Harrisburg v. Ellen Leigh |
Defendant appeals a general judgment that condemns real property that she owns, vests title to that property with the City of Harrisburg, and awards her compensation for the taking, and from a supplemental judgment that allows an award of part of her attorney fees and costs. Defendant contends that the trial court erred in awarding just compensation for only the fair market value of the land that ... More... $0 (01-16-2013 - OR) |
S. Fred Hall v. State of Oregon |
2 The jury in this inverse condemnation case found that plaintiffs' property |
Florence Dolan v. City of Tigard |
Petitioner challenges the decision of the Oregon Supreme Court which held that the city of Tigard could condition the approval of her building permit on the dedication of a portion of her property for flood control and traffic improvements. 317 Ore. 110, 854 P.2d 437 (1993). We granted certiorari to resolve a question left open by our decision in Nollan v. California Coastal Comm'n, 483 U.S. 825, ... More... $0 (06-24-1994 - OR) |
Friends of Polk County v. Robert W. Oliver |
2 Petitioners Friends of Polk County and Gloria Bennett (petitioners) appeal a |
Thomas W. Mossberg v. University of Oregon |
This appeal involves a dispute between the University of Oregon (the University) and plaintiff, who is a former faculty member of the University, over certain personal property. Following his resignation, plaintiff asserted claims against the University for conversion, inverse condemnation, and breach of contract. The trial court dismissed the conversion claim and granted summary judgment to the U... More... $0 (02-02-2011 - OR) |
James Cliff Motes v. Pacificorp |
Affirmed on appeal; on cross-appeal, reversed and remanded for modification of judgment so as to permit PacifiCorp's upgrade of electrical transmission lines and to permit vehicular access to easement over plaintiffs' driveway in event of an emergency, with proviso that PacifiCorp shall pay costs to repair any damage caused by its vehicles. |
Terry Wolf and Florence Wolf v. Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, Inc. |
Plaintiffs appeal following the trial court's entry of summary judgment in favor of defendant. Plaintiffs, who are owners of real property in Douglas County, Oregon (the Wolf property), brought this action against defendant, claiming a prescriptive easement that would allow them to continue to use the private crossing over defendant's railroad tracks that intersect their land. They also sought d... More... $0 (08-12-2009 - OR) |
Dorothy English v. Multnomah County |
Defendant Multnomah County appeals a supplemental judgment, that awarded attorney fees, expenses, and costs to plaintiff Dorothy English after she obtained a general judgment for $1,150,000 in just compensation pursuant to ORS 197.352 (2005) (commonly known as Measure 37).(1) The central issue on appeal is whether ORS 197.352(6), the statute that governed attorney fees in Measure 37 cases, author... More... $0 (06-10-2009 - OR) |
Kathleen M. Worman and Jeffrey Worman v. Columbia County, Oregon |
After discovering damage to the trees and shrubs on their property, plaintiffs Kathleen and Jeffrey Worman brought inverse condemnation, negligence, and timber trespass claims against defendant Columbia County based on allegations that the damage resulted from herbicide sprayed by county personnel. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the county, and plaintiffs appeal. We affirm ... More... $0 (10-17-2008 - OR) |
Boise Cascade Corporation v. State of Oregon, etc. |
This inverse condemnation case comes to us with a substantial procedural history, an account of which is set out below. Following trial after the latest remand, a jury determined that the state had taken Boise Cascade Corporation's property in violation of the Fifth Amendment by temporarily prohibiting logging and that Boise should be compensated in the amount of $25. Boise appeals and the Oreg... More... $0 (12-05-2007 - OR) |
Lincoln Loan Company v. The City of Portland |
In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff challenges the constitutionality of the procedure by which the voters adopted Article VII (Amended) of the Oregon Constitution in 1910. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that plaintiff may not challenge that procedure in this case. Accordingly, we affirm the circuit court's judgment in favor of defendant. The issue arises in prosaic ci... More... $0 (05-31-2006 - OR) |
Mariam Fresk v. Nathan Kramer |
In this negligence action, the sole issue before us is plaintiff's entitlement to attorney fees under ORS 20.080(1). That statute provides, in part, that "no attorney fees shall be allowed to the plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant tendered to the plaintiff, prior to the commencement of the action * * * an amount not less than the damages awarded to the plaintiff." ORS 20.080(1) (em... More... $5500 (10-21-2004 - OR) |
William Vokoun and Paula Vokoun v. City of Lake Oswego |
This case returns to us on remand from the Oregon Supreme Court. It arises out of a flooding incident that occurred when heavy rains overwhelmed a drainage system maintained by defendant City of Lake Oswego (city) and resulted in landslides that washed away a substantial amount of plaintiffs' land. Plaintiffs initiated an action against the city for, among other things, negligence and inverse c... More... $100000 (09-24-2003 - OR) |
City of Keizer v. Lake Labish Water Control District |
Plaintiff, the City of Keizer (city), initiated this action for inverse condemnation against defendant, the Lake Labish Water Control District (district), alleging that the district flooded city property, causing damage. The district moved to dismiss on the ground that the law does not permit one governmental entity to bring a claim for inverse condemnation against another governmental entity. The... More... $0 (12-27-2002 - OR) |
State of Oregon ex rel. Department of Transportation v. Peterson |
In this condemnation proceeding, the State of Oregon through the Department of Transportation (ODOT), condemned property belonging to defendants for the Camelot/Sylvan Interchange project on Highway 26 in Portland. After defendants Peterson defaulted, ODOT filed an amended complaint alleging that the just compensation for defendants Fullertons' property was $74,500. (1) The Fullertons answered tha... More... $0 (10-17-2001 - OR) |
Stanley Deupree v. State of Oregon |
Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants, who are the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and four ODOT employees. Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in dismissing their claims for inverse condemnation and violation of 42 USC § 1983 on the ground that the claims were not ripe and in dismissing their claim under ORS 105.755(2) ... More... $0 (04-25-2001 - OR) |
Hunter v. West Linn-Wilsonville School District |
Plaintiff entered into a contract with Kent Seida to purchase all decorative landscape boulders and construction rock to be excavated from Seida's land, which Seida planned to develop as a golf course. Shortly after Seida began construction of the golf course, defendant West Linn-Wilsonville School District 3JT (district) initiated an action to condemn the property to build a middle school. Plaint... More... $1200000 (04-25-2001 - OR) |
State of Oregon, by and through its Department of Transportation v. Albert A. Alf and/or Grace E. Alf, trustees of the Alf Trust, et al. |
Condemnation Action - The property in question is located on the corner of Highway 99 and Clairmont Street in McMinnville. In 1947, the state acquired an 18-foot-wide right-of-way along the portion of the property adjacent to the highway. In 1954, the owners of the property constructed a drive-in restaurant, Alf's Ice Cream, on the property. The owners used the land located within the state's righ... More... $4371 (01-26-2000 - OR) |
State of Oregon, By and Through its Department of Transportation v. Kenneth R. Hughes, Betty L. Hughes, et al. |
The defendants own land located along the Columbia River Highway and operate a business selling and servicing motorcycles and other products.The plaintiffs condemned the defendants property and obtained easements over the land to allow workers from the Oregon Department of Transportation to widen the highway near the defendant's business. During the road work, it was determined that the ground wa... More... $0 (09-15-1999 - OR) |
State of Oregon, et al. v. Kenneth R. Hughes, et al. |
Condemnation - Defendants own land along the Columbia River Highway between Warren and Columbia City in Columbia County. They operate a business selling and servicing motorcycles, personal watercraft and other equipment on the property. Plaintiff condemned part of defendants' land and acquired easements over it to all... More... $70724 (09-15-1999 - OR) |
State of Oregon v. El Dorado Properties, et al. |
Condemnation - Eminent Domain - Plaintiff offered to buy defendant's property for an appraised amount. The offer was accepted by the defendant. Ten days prior to trial, plaintiff's reduced the dollar amount offered for the property.... More... $508083 (12-16-1998 - OR) |
City of Canby v. Rinkes |
Condemnation/Breach of Contract - In August 1989, the Rinkes bought 30 acres of land in Canby. The city had a lease with the prior owner of the land to use a portion. After the Rinkes bought the property the lease was terminated. On August 16, 1990, the city filed a complaint seeking to condemn the property "for use as a storm-water collection and treatment site". In response, the Rinkes filed... More... $245100 (06-10-1998 - OR) |
Department of Transportation v. Dupree et al. |
Condemnation - Defendant owns property abutting a highway. Defendant had operated a restaurant on the property since 1985. In November 1988, the state notified the defendant that a portion of her property would be condemned so that the highway could be widened from two to four lanes. In addition, the state took a permanent eight-foot wide easement that ran the length of the property, to be used... More... $138132 (05-27-1998 - OR) |
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Inverse Condemnation, loss of lateral support, property damage. Plaintiff alleged that Counties road design caused earth movement at their property which resulted in damages.... More... $0 (12-17-1998 - OR) |