Cases

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Famous Oregon cases

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The following are cases decided in Oregon's courthouses that are significant in the state's legal history:

U.S. Supreme Court cases

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The following United States Supreme Court decisions involved the state of Oregon or Oregonians:

Enacted laws

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Oregon's codified statutes are in the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS). They are re-printed every two years with updates from new or revised laws. The ORS are subordinate to the state's constituion.

In 1857, the Oregon Constitutional Convention created Oregon's first constitution. The current Oregon Constitution can be ammended by the state legislature and by citizen initiative. Additionally, changes in federal law can nullify portions of the Oregon Constitution, as federal law trumps state law due to the Supremecy Clause of the United States Constitution.

Approved Ballot Measures: List of Oregon ballot measures

Failed Ballot Measures:

Old Laws:

Lawmaking

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Legislature:

History of lawmaking: provisional, territorial, state, and initiative

Enforcement

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Judicial Department

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There are three law schools in the state of Oregon. One public, the University of Oregon School of Law, and two private schools with Willamette University College of Law and Lewis & Clark Law School. Willamette's law school was founded in 1883 and has 450 students. Lewis & Clark's was founded in 1915 and has an enrollment of 700 law students. Located in Eugene, the state law school at the University of Oregon has an enrollment of 538 and started in 1884. The state law school was originally in Portland, but moved to the University's main campus in 1915.[1] However, many professors did not want to relocate and thus the Northwestern School of Law was formed in Portland, eventually becoming the Lewis & Clark Law School.[2] Lewis & Clark is located in Portland, while Willamette is in Salem.

People

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