STATE EX REL. CIRCUS CIRCUS RENO v. POPE

No. SC S39868.

854 P.2d 461 (1993)

317 Or. 151

STATE ex rel. CIRCUS CIRCUS RENO, INC.; Circus Circus Casinos, Inc.; and Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc., Plaintiffs-Relators, v. Honorable Milo POPE, Judge of the Circuit Court for Grant County, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Armstrong, of Bogle & Gates, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for plaintiffs-relators.

Laura A. Schroeder, Portland, argued the cause for defendant. Steven R. Scharfstein, certified law student, filed the brief.

Anthony A. Allen, Salem, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Ass'n.


GRABER, Justice.

This original mandamus proceeding is brought by Circus Circus Reno, Inc., Circus Circus Casinos, Inc., and Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc. (collectively, Circus Circus), to compel defendant judge to dismiss a complaint filed against Circus Circus. Circus Circus owns and operates a hotel in Reno, Nevada. On February 6, 1992, Alfred R. Smith, an Oregon resident who was staying at the hotel, allegedly was injured when he was hit by a full or partially...

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