ADAMS v. STATE OF OREGON

A8807-03682; CA A60791.

798 P.2d 244 (1990)

103 Or.App. 288

Elizabeth ADAMS, Jean Ady, Merrilin Fabian, Jane Howard, Bonnie McCauley, Ruby Noji, Sue O'Reilly, Cheryl Otostompkins, Elena Ottoboni, Stuart Pemble-Belkin, Edit Rozman, Sue Shaver, Karoline Torrey, Eugene Whitney, Pat Whitney, Martha Wolf, and Gene Mechanic and Goldberg, Mechanic and Goldstein, Attorneys at Law, Respondents, v. STATE OF OREGON, by and through Its Bargaining Unit Benefits Board, State Employment Benefits Board and Department of Human Resources, Adult and Family Services Division; Public Employees Retirement System; Port of Portland; Metropolitan Services District; Multnomah County; Clackamas County; Washington County; City of Oregon City; City of Tigard; City of Gresham; City of Beaverton; City of Milwaukie; City of Portland; Tri-Met; Clackamas Community College District; Mt. Hood Community College District; Portland Community College District; Beaverton School District No. 48J; Tigard School District No. 23J; David Douglas School District No. 40; Gresham School District No. 4 and No. U2-20JT; Hillsboro Union High School No. 3JT; Hillsboro Elementary School District No. 7; Parkrose School District No. 3; Reynolds School District No. 7; Centennial School District No. 28J; North Clackamas School District No. 12; West Linn District No. 3J, Defendants, and City of Hillsboro, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 5, 1990.

Reconsideration Denied November 28, 1990.

Review Denied December 18, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrell F. Bradley, Hillsboro, argued the cause and filed briefs, for appellant.

Marc D. Blackman, Portland, argued the cause, for respondents. With him on brief, was Gene Mechanic, Portland.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.


WARREN, Judge.

This appeal is by defendant City of Hillsboro (Hillsboro) from the trial court's denial of its claims for attorney fees and sanctions against plaintiffs and plaintiffs' attorneys, Mechanic and the Goldberg, Mechanic and Goldstein law firm. ORS 20.105; ORCP 17. We affirm.

The underlying action arose out of a 1988 labor dispute between three unions and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (Kaiser). Plaintiffs, who are taxpayers of Hillsboro...

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