DANMARK PUBLISHING v. DEPT. OF JUSTICE

CA A66299.

816 P.2d 629 (1991)

108 Or.App. 382

In the matter of the Contract between DANMARK PUBLISHING, Inc., and Elizabeth Diane Downs. Danmark Publishing, Inc., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF OREGON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Alexander, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Burt, Swanson, Lathen, Alexander & McCann, Salem.

Richard D. Wasserman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before WARREN, P.J., and RIGGS and EDMONDS, JJ.


WARREN, Presiding Judge.

Petitioner (Danmark) seeks review of a Department of Justice (department) order relating to a publishing contract between petitioner and Elizabeth Diane Downs. It asserts that the order exceeded department's authority. We reverse.

Downs was convicted of the murder of her daughter and the attempted murder and assault in the third degree of her two other children. She entered into a written contract with Danmark for publication of a...

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