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Four courts make up Oregon’s state court system. The highest court is the Oregon Supreme Court, which hears some select direct appeals, but hears appeals mainly from the Oregon Tax and the Oregon Court of Appeals. [4] The two divisions of the Tax Court provide trial level and appellate level court proceedings with appeals going directly to ...
Oregon Ballot Measure 117, the Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure, was a proposed Oregon state initiative that was decided by voters as part of the 2024 Oregon elections on November 5, 2024.
The Oregon Legislature has debated adding additional judgeships in both 2011 and 2012. [4] Three seats were added in 2013 to bring the total to thirteen. [5] The Oregon Court of Appeals is one of the busiest appellate courts in the country, handling between 3,200 and 4,100 cases annually during a recent ten-year period. [6]
The News-Democrat has contacted candidates running in state legislative and judicial races in the Nov. 8 election and asked them to complete a detailed questionnaire. The early voting period runs ...
Oregon's state level judicial branch of government consists of the Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) which operates four state run court systems. Two of those courts are primarily trial level courts, while the other two are primarily courts of appeal. The chief executive of the OJD is the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. [6]
The Oregon Court of Appeals on Monday asked the state's highest court to decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout this year can run for reelection. The ...
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling that Oregon defendants must be released from jail after seven days if they don’t have a defense attorney. In its decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit ...
As administrator the chief justice is also the recipient of many reports from the court system including non-legal employees of the department. [2] The first chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court was William P. Bryant, while the longest serving chief was Wallace P. Carson, Jr. who held the position for 15 years. [5]