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BROWN v. ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES

CA 16980, 17206, 17870 and 18398; SC 27838.

643 P.2d 1266 (1982)

293 Or. 6

Lavenna BROWN, Petitioner On Review, v. ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES, Keith Putman, Administrator, Respondent On Review. Glen Davidson, Petitioner On Review, v. EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, Raymond P. Thorne, Administrator, and Global Housing, Ltd., Respondents On Review. Linda Howard, Petitioner On Review, v. ADULT AND FAMILY SERVICES, Keith Putman, Administrator, Respondent On Review. Karol M. Evans, Petitioner On Review, v. Adult and Family Services Divn. of the State of Oregon, Keith Putman, Administrator, Respondent On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided April 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Steenson, The Dalles, argued the cause for petitioners on review. With him on the briefs were Amy Veranth, Portland, Robert A. Payne and David L. Slansky, McMinnville. With him on the briefs in the Court of Appeals were Christopher Cadin, The Dalles, and Amy Veranth, Portland.

Stanton Long, Deputy Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents on review. On the brief was Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and William F. Gary, Sol. Gen., Salem. On the briefs in the Court of Appeals were James M. Brown, Atty. Gen., John R. McCulloch, Jr., Sol. Gen., William F. Gary, Deputy Sol. Gen., Al J. Laue, James C. Rhodes, and Betty Smith, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salem.

LENT, Justice.

We review the decisions of the Court of Appeals in four cases, consolidated for review before this court, to consider the common question concerning the Court of Appeals' exercise of its discretion to award attorney fees under ORS 183.495, which provides:

"Upon judicial review of a final order of an agency when the reviewing court reverses or remands the order it may, in its discretion, award costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, to...

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