On Thursday, December 9, Oregon’s Supreme Court delivered their ruling on the Petition for Review of the earlier Court of Appeals decision. The ruling was strikingly terse: The court has considered the petition for review and orders that it be denied. The central argument in the briefs filed with the Supreme Court arguing against review focused on a central proposition: that even state agencies have to comply with state law… specifically, ORS 197.180(1). And what does that statute say? State...

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