The issue in this land use case is whether the Land
Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) properly deferred to Lane
County’s interpretation of the meaning of “accessory” use
and development as used in the county’s forestland zoning
regulation. Under ORS 197.829(1), LUBA must affirm
a county’s interpretation of its land use regulations unless
that interpretation is inconsistent with t... More...    $0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

This case has a complex procedural history that the Court of Appeals thoroughly described in its opinion. For the sake of brevity and clarity, we take a condensed version of that history from the opinion of the Court of Appeals and the record. Defendants were in the business of processing
1 Defendants are Greenwood Forest Products, Inc. and two of its principals, Dovenberg and LeFors. For th... More...    $0 (09-11-2015 - OR)

In this direct appeal from the Oregon Tax Court Regular Division (Tax Court), we must decide whether the Tax Court properly applied administrative rules governing property tax appraisals. Specifically, this case requires us to consider the relationship between two terms defined in the Department of Revenue’s administrative rules: “highest and best use” and “value of the loss.” See OAR 150-308.205-... More...    $0 (08-06-2015 - OR)

Vacated, in part, and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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1 SERCOMBE, J.
2 This appeal arises from an action in which plaintiffs--common shareholders
3 of Vulcan Power Company (Vulcan), a Colorado corporation in the business of
4 developing geothermal power projects with its principal place of business located in
Oregon15 --brought claims against Vulcan... More...    $0 (08-13-2014 - OR)

2 Plaintiff owns a parcel of real property in Crook County. He filed a
3 declaratory judgment action in February 2009 against adjoining landowners seeking to
4 establish that he has an easement over their property for access to his property. He
5 appeals a general judgment declaring that express easements exist on the property of two
6 defendants, that those easements are not appur... More...    $0 (02-12-2014 - OR)

2 This case requires us to decide whether the six-year statute of limitations
3 applicable to conversion and replevin claims under ORS 12.080(4) incorporates a
4 discovery rule to determine when such claims "accrue" pursuant to ORS 12.010. The
5 Court of Appeals concluded that the limitation prescribed by ORS 12.080(4) begins to
6 run at the time of the wrongful taking of personal ... More...    $0 (01-30-2014 - OR)

2 Plaintiffs appeal from a general judgment dismissing their interference with
3 economic relations, conversion, and unjust enrichment claims. Plaintiffs assign error to
4 the trial court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment. Because we conclude
5 that plaintiffs demonstrated sufficient evidence for a trial on their interference with
6 economic relations, conversion, ... More...    $0 (02-06-2013 - OR)

2 Plaintiff appeals a supplemental judgment denying her attorney fees,
3 challenging the trial court's rejection of her exceptions, ORS 36.425(6), to the arbitrator's
4 denial of her fee petition. The trial court sustained the arbitrator's determination that
5 plaintiff had no entitlement to attorney fees under ORS 20.080 and further held that,
6 because plaintiff had not invoked O... More...    $0 (12-14-2011 - OR)

2 Plaintiff conducted a rabbit breeding operation on property located in
3 Jackson County. In 2001, plaintiff pleaded no contest to animal abuse, and, in
4 conjunction with the criminal proceedings, the county seized her rabbits. The county
5 housed, treated, and fed the rabbits before declaring them abandoned, at which point the
6 county gave them away. In 2003, plaintiff filed an... More...    $0 (07-27-2011 - OR)

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)

In this civil action alleging claims of fraud, misrepresentation, conversion, and unfair labor practices, plaintiff appeals an order of the trial court setting aside a general judgment and order of default on the ground of excusable neglect. ORCP 71 B(1)(a). Plaintiff contends that the undisputed facts do not support the conclusion that defendants' default was the result of excusable neglect. We r... More...    $0 (01-12-2011 - OR)

Defendant Jack Stone appeals a summary judgment in favor of plaintiff on defendant's counterclaim seeking money damages.(1) Plaintiff brought this action to, among other things, foreclose an alleged landlord's lien on certain wood materials that were stored on his real property.(2) Defendant, in turn, filed a counterclaim against plaintiff for conversion of the stored property. Defendant conten... More...    $0 (06-17-2009 - OR)

This case involves a dispute between plaintiff, the landlord of a warehouse, and defendant,(1) who had a security interest in merchandise stored in that warehouse. Defendant appeals from a limited judgment awarding plaintiff $220,411 in damages for breach of contract and $84,091.33 in prejudgment interest. He alleges that the trial court erred in ruling that the contract was supported by considera... More...    $0 (09-03-2008 - OR)

Plaintiff appeals after the trial court, pursuant to ORS 31.150, granted defendant's motion to strike plaintiff's complaint, dismissed his action for wrongful use of a civil proceeding, and awarded defendant attorney fees. On appeal, plaintiff makes three assignments of error. In his first assignment of error, he argues that ORS 31.150 is inapplicable to this action. He argues in his second a... More...    $0 (01-28-2008 - OR)

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)

"Does an insurer have a duty to defend an insured under an insurance policy with an 'intentional acts' exclusion if the complaint against the insured alleges a subjective intent to harm but the claim could be proven through unintentional conduct... More...    $0 (05-01-2003 - OR)

Southern Pacific Railway (Southern Pacific) possessed a number of rail van trailers that it leased to third parties on behalf of the owners of the trailers. An individual who worked for Southern Pacific, but who did not have authority to sell the trailers, sold some rail van trailers to Stuart Abrams and Abrams, Inc. (Abrams), the plaintiffs in this case, and kept the money. Abrams then sold ma... More...    $0 (05-01-2003 - OR)

The case was tried to the court on stipulated facts. Pla... More...    $0 (12-26-2001 - OR)

These consolidated civil cases arise from the theft of approximately 130 semi-trailers from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company's Brooklyn (eastside Portland) rail yard. Stuart Abrams and Abrams, Inc. (collectively, Abrams), who purchased the trailers from the thief, appeal from judgments (1) in favor of Southern Pacific on its conversion claim against Abrams, and (2) in favor of Beall Tra... More...    $0 (10-11-2000 - OR)

Adverse possession and conversion - Defendant developed and farmed 40 acres of land that belonged to absentee owners (plaintiff).... More...    $0 (07-07-1999 - OR)

Conversion - Loss of Use - Plaintiff purchased various meat processing parts which defendant repossessed as secured credit from a previous owner.... More...    $135050 (11-25-1998 - OR)