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CARDEN v. JOHNSON

577 P.2d 513 (1978)

Inez E. CARDEN, Appellant, v. Lee JOHNSON, Individually and in His Capacity As Attorney General of the State of Oregon, Respondent, Financial Collection Agencies, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, and Dance City, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, Dba Cordova Dance Studio, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Argued and Submitted March 6, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy M. Helget, Portland, Oregon Legal Services Corp., Albany Regional Office, argued the cause and filed briefs for appellant.

Catherine Allan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were James A. Redden, Atty. Gen., and Al J. Laue, Sol. Gen.

LINDE, Justice.

Plaintiff brought suit in circuit court for a declaratory judgment to invalidate a prior judgment against plaintiff obtained by Financial Collection Agencies, Inc., in the small claims department of the district court for Multnomah County. Her complaint attacked that judgment on constitutional grounds because the law does not give parties the absolute right to have counsel participate in trials of small claims.1

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