NORMAN v. VAN ELSBERG


489 P.2d 394 (1971)

Judge James A. NORMAN and Judge John C. Warden, Being All of the Circuit Court Judges for Coos County, Respondents, v. Lonnie VAN ELSBERG, Commissioner, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, Department 2.

Decided October 4, 1971.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1971.

Review Granted January 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter S. Herman, Senior Counsel, Salem, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and Jacob B. Tanzer, Sol. Gen., Salem.

John Foss, Coos Bay, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Paul L. Roess and McKeown, Newhouse & Johansen, Coos Bay.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and FORT and THORNTON, JJ.


FORT, Judge.

The parties seek a determination whether under ORS 419.604 the board of county commissioners of Coos County act solely in a ministerial capacity concerning the setting of salaries of juvenile department personnel and thus are required to accept the salaries designated therefor by the judges of the juvenile court. The trial court so concluded, and the defendants appeal.

Plaintiffs are the circuit judges having jurisdiction of the judicial district...

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