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NEUBERGER v. CITY OF PORTLAND

CA 7976; SC 25945.

603 P.2d 771 (1979)

288 Or. 155

Maurine NEUBERGER, Lee F. Martinson, Iris M. Felter, Frank Burger, Fay Burger, Marion O'Reilly, George Wittemeyer, Jean Wittemeyer, Wm. G. Cooney, Doris B. Cooney, Thomas E. Craven, James Cross, Mary Cross, Christopher Curtin, Patricia Curtin, John Daily, Mary Lou Daily, Douglas P. Dickie, Ella Dickie, Fred C. Felter, Ervin Flick, Ada Flick, Alan Gilmore, Hope A. Gilmore, Ivan Gold, Lois Gold, Merwyn R. Greenlick, Harriet Greenlick, Edward L. Hendricks, Ardis S. Hendricks, Howard E. Hermanson, Frances C. Hermanson, Richard E. Larsen, Phyllis L. Larsen, Helmer V. Larson, Gladys C. Larson, Norman C. Lindhjem, Barbara G. Lindhjem, Mary Louisa McCall, Jack B. Miller, Jeanne P. Miller, A. Don Parr, Dorothy C. Parr, Alex Pierce, Daphne Pierce, J.E. McQuaid, Glee McQuaid, Manvel Schauffler, Verna Schauffler, Joyce Spinks, D.J. Surman, Rod Taylor, Phillip Trautmann, Karen Trautmann, George Tsongas, Joyce Tsongas, Herbert H. Wing, Eileen A. Wing, Saul Zaik, Frances Zaik, Jim L. Cates, Sharon K. Cates, Donald L. Cook, Stacia A. Cook, Stuart Cutler, Beverlee Cutler, William Dippert, Jean F. Dippert, James Ehlbeck, Karen Ehlbeck, Keith Finzer, Joann Finzer, Thomas H. Frith, Jan E. Frith, Eugene C. Kauffman, Patricia A. Kauffman, Gifford L. Kauffman, Gifford L. Martin, Sr., Jewell N. Martin, Kahler Martinson, Donna Martinson, Frank A. Miller, Frank E. Panowicz, Marianne Panowicz, Charles Gary Peterson, Susan L. Peterson, Walt Smith, Carol Smith, LeRoy C. Stammer and Ilo M. Stammer, Respondents, v. CITY OF PORTLAND, Oregon, a Municipal Corporation; Neil E. Goldschmidt, Mayor and Member of the Council of the City of Portland; Francis J. Ivancie, Mildred Schwab, Connie McCready and Charles R. Jordan, Commissioners and Councilmen of the City of Portland; Homer G. Williams, Ronnie A. Bissell, Roland A. Haertl, D. Neal Marlett, Alan G. Quasha, Wayne G. Quasha and Jill Quasha, Co-Partners Doing Business As Wilbihama Investors; Oroc Lands (Oregon), Inc., an Oregon Corporation; Oroc Lands, Ltd., a Hong Kong Corporation; Wilbihama Investors and Oroc Lands, Ltd., a Joint Venture; Walter Lommell, Jr., Trustee; and Ed E. Meier and Helene E. Meier, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided December 4, 1979.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Janik, Portland, argued the cause for all petitioners. With him on the briefs were Jennifer L. Johnson, Gregory R. Mowe, and Davies, Biggs, Strayer, Stoel & Boley, Portland, for petitioners Homer G. Williams, Roland A. Haertl, Alan G. Quasha, Wayne Quasha and Jill Quasha, Copartners doing business as Wilbihama Investors, Oroc Lands (Oregon), Inc., an Oregon corporation; Oroc Lands, Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation; Wilbihama Investors and Oroc Lands, Ltd., a joint venture; Walter Lommell, Jr., Trustee; and Ed E. Meier.

Thomas R. Williams, Deputy City Atty., Portland, and Christopher P. Thomas, City Atty., Portland, filed a brief for City of Portland, petitioners.

Paul R. Meyer of Kobin & Meyer, Portland, argued the cause and filed briefs for respondents.

Richard P. Benner, Portland, filed an amicus curiae brief for 1000 Friends of Oregon.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and TONGUE, HOWELL, LINDE and PETERSON, JJ.

HOWELL, Justice.

This case involves the rezoning by the City of Portland of a 601-acre parcel of undeveloped land in the northwest part of the city from R-20 (single-family residence — 20,000 square feet) to R-10 (single-family residence — 10,000 square feet). The trial court upheld the rezoning. On appeal by opponents of the rezoning decision, the Court of Appeals held that the decision was quasi-judicial and was, therefore, properly

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