TILBURY v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY

OTC 3368; SC S41859.

902 P.2d 577 (1995)

322 Or. 112

Roger TILBURY; Margaret M. Tilbury; James Marquard; Elizabeth Marquard; Linda K. Richardson; Alan E. Kinsel, Jr.; John Ferguson; Sarah Ferguson; John Bulkley; Honor Bulkley; Jason Cho; Carlyle MacHarg III; Dale Denson, d.b.a. Dalton Realty; Jeffrey A. Reingold; Francine G. Reingold; Greg Fowler/Martin Shore, d.b.a. Fowler/Shore Acquisitions; J.G. Jones Co.; Fran Matson; Ruth W. Norris; Fred W. Norris; Eileen Dahlheim; Martin G. Zell; Richard A. Leffler; Amy Richardson-Leffler; Sylvia May Kissinger; Barbara Jean Kissinger; Arnold Rochlin; Kaye Rochlin; Janice Sakofsky; Renda K. Horn, Trustee for Clyde V. and E. Margaret Brummell Trust; Mae G. Strong; Mark S. Pelay, PR Estate of Anthony Pelay, Jr.; Hendrika S. Fincher; Jack D. Dixon; Carol J. Dixon; Florence E. Fritzler; Harold W. Fritzler; James J. McLaughlin; Robert D. Randall; The Robert Randall Co.; Clifford C. Stephens; Rhonda M. Stephens; Kenneth Allen Pereira; B & B Metal, Inc.; Robert D. Banford; Betty R. Banford; Ronald L. Williams; Phyllis M. Williams; Vern R. Williams; Robert Lincoln; Janet L. Benson; Thomas M. Ullmann; Kathryn A. Blanchard; Donald E. Pollock, d.b.a. Don Pollock Investments; Julia G. Pollock; Jeffrey P. Fish; Lynn E. Fish; Robert A. Scanlon; Richard I. Kessler; Holly S. Kessler; Roger E. Kurilo; Jerry L. Ward; Nancy A. Ward; Ronald R. Myers; Darlene K. Myers; Joan R. Salvatore; Dennis G. Ogan; Kathryn H. Ogan; Richard D. Lutz; Dorothy M. Lutz; Albert H. Gruen; Maxine P. Gruen; Charles G. Coulter; Edna M. Coulter; Thomas P. Moyer, d.b.a. Tom Moyer Theatres and TMT Development Co., Inc.; Harding G. Carlson; Anita L. Carlson; Cliff Stephens; Richard L. Carpenter; Don Baker; Levern J. Stevens; Ruth E. McNamee; Bobby D. McNamee; Mary Mott; Brad P. Every; Rachel M. Seal; Fred E. Hungate; Doris W. Evatt; David D. Rand; Arlene J. Rand; Velma Henderson; Dean Becker; Joyce E. Becker; Joseph E. Weston, d.b.a. Weston Investment Co.; John W. Russell, d.b.a. Russell Acquisition Co., Inc.; Two Hundred Market Assoc.; Elmer L. Reho; Edith M. Reho; William L. Self; Margaret M. Self; John W. Stenkamp; Carroll J. Stenkamp; Richard A. Pedersen; Patricia R. Pedersen; Hugh W. Milleson; Susan Robertson; Ray K. O'Dell; Shirley J. O'Dell; A.E. Brim; William C. Reed, d.b.a. R & R Homes, Inc.; Oregon Worsted Company; Eben Hill; Mabel Hill; James C. Butler; Addie K. Benson; Sivers Development Group, d.b.a. Sivers Construction Co., a Washington corporation; Sivers Investment Partnership, a limited partnership; Propco, Inc., an Oregon corporation; T & W Equipment Co., an Oregon corporation; Airport Way Associates, a limited partnership; Sivers Real Property Partnership, a limited partnership; Elizabeth Sivers; Guardian Management Corporation, agent in fact and assignee; James P. Kramer; Mamie C. Kramer; Melvin Barcus, Chris W. Chilberg; Linda S. Chilberg; Stuart Cox and Richard Gerstl, d.b.a. Pyramid Properties; Richard H. Fabrycki; Janice E. Fabrycki; Hugh Ewart; Rogers Construction, Inc.; Oregon Asphaltic Paving Co.; C.K. Hammond, Tr; Jean R. Hammond, Tr; Terry L. Holden; Leo G. Graham; Arthur A. Riedel; Kenneth J. Pipps to J & J Properties, Inc.; Marquam Village Investors; Steve Johnson; Jane D. Keating-Jones; Dale G. King; Maxine J. King; WPL Associates; Henry G. Laun; Yvonne L. Laun, Leavitt Shay Real Estate Services, managing agent for Flanders Street Partners & Uptown Heights Associates; James A. Montgomery; Esther A. Montgomery; Alvin D. Nadeau; Peter A. Nathan, M.D.; Helle Nathan; Bertil Olson; Beverly Olson; Charles H. Randolph; Leila F. Randolph; Robert F. Rinker; Aubrey P. Schmidt; General Partner in Twenty-Second & Davis Oregon, Ltd. and The Flanders Partnership; Geraldine M. Zancolli; Upshur Courts, Inc.; Steve Rose; Bristol Equities, Inc.; Richard O. Hartmann; Kris Preslan; Bruce Preslan; Spar Investment Co.; Galt Associates; La Hacienda Associates; Brim, Inc.; Brim Capital Corporation; Evona Brim; Christopher B. Summerer; Nancy Summerer; Edward L. Clare; Hazel A. Clare; Patricia S. Cavens; Norman Stoll; Mike Schaeffer; Milton Wiederhold; Stephen C. Johnson; Josefina M. Johnson; Oswald E. Jauch; Inge H. Jauch; Brent H. Jauch; Roger P. Jauch; Westland Investment Co.; Benhardt Schmidt; Judith Schmidt; John D. Medak; Edward T. Medak; Lee J. Asch; Lee J. Asch, Jr.; Jack C. Hilbourne; Irene Hilbourne; Ronald Williamson; Mavis Williamson; Steven P. Mozinski; Edward Zakocs, Jr.; Harsch Investment Corp. and its subsidiaries; P/E Walker Trust; Sherry Bonney, Appellants, v. MULTNOMAH COUNTY; The City of Portland; The Portland Development Commission; Wasco County; The City of The Dalles; Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency; Clackamas County; Washington County; The City of Tualatin; Tualatin Development Commission, Respondents, and Marion County; The City of Salem; Salem Urban Development Division; The City of Oregon City and Oregon City Urban Renewal Agency, Respondents (below).

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided September 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Tilbury, Portland, argued the cause in propria persona and filed the briefs on behalf of appellants. With him on the brief was Roch Steinbach, Portland. On the reply brief was Roger Tilbury.

Harry M. Auerbach, Portland, argued the cause on behalf of respondents City of Portland, Multnomah County, and the Portland Development Commission. With him on the brief were Kathryn Beaumont Imperati and Sandra N. Duffy, Portland. Joining in the brief were respondents City of Tualatin and Tualatin Development Commission.

Gene E. Parker, City Attorney, The Dalles, argued the cause on behalf of respondents City of The Dalles, Columbia Gateway Urban Renewal Agency, and Wasco County. With him on the brief was Bernard L. Smith, District Attorney for Wasco County, The Dalles.


DURHAM, Justice.

In this proceeding before the Oregon Tax Court, plaintiffs, who reside in or own property in the cities of Portland, Salem, Oregon City, The Dalles, and Tualatin, sought refunds of urban renewal taxes collected by defendants1 for tax year 1991-92. Plaintiffs contend that those taxes exceed the property tax limitation in Article XI, section 11b, of the Oregon Constitution.

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