FRANKLAND v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO


517 P.2d 1042 (1973)

Roger FRANKLAND et al., Respondents, v. CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Argued and Submitted June 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerson F. Goldsmith, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs for petitioner Mountain Park Corporation were J. Brad Littlefield, and Goldsmith, Siegel & Engel, Portland.

Also on the briefs were Garry P. McMurry, Patric J. Doherty, and McMurry, Sherry & Nichols, Portland, for petitioners City of Lake Oswego and John C. MacLean, H.J. Fergusen, William Cook, Robert Dent, Mary Goodall, William Knowles, and Charles Needham; Kenneth W. Baines, and Wheelock, Richardson, Niehaus, Baines & Murphy, Portland, for petitioner Dave Christensen, Inc., and David J. Krieger, and Black, Kendall, Tremaine, Boothe & Higgins, Portland, for petitioner Security Bank of Oregon.

David P. Templeton, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs were Charles Robinowitz, Robert E. Glasgow, and Dusenbery, Martin, Bischoff & Templeton, Portland.

Whitaker & Whitaker, Portland, filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of The Homebuilders Assn. of Metropolitan Portland.

Before O'CONNELL, C.J., and McALLISTER, DENECKE, HOLMAN, TONGUE and HOWELL, JJ.


HOWELL, Justice.

Plaintiffs filed this action for a declaratory judgment seeking an injunction or, alternatively, an award of monetary damages as remedies for the construction of an apartment building by the defendant Dave Christensen, Inc. At the close of plaintiffs' case, the trial court allowed defendants' motion to dismiss. On appeal, the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the case to the trial court, 8 Or.App. 224, 493 P.2d 163<...

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