NORTHWEST REFORESTATION v. SUMMIT FORESTS

16-93-09532; CA A86294.

922 P.2d 1240 (1996)

143 Or. App. 138

NORTHWEST REFORESTATION CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.; C & H Reforesters, Inc.; Grayback Forestry, Inc.; Hugo Reforestation, Inc.; Miller Timber Services, Inc.; Rincon Reforestation, Inc.; Second Growth, Inc.; Shiloh Forestry, Inc.; Skookum Reforestation, Inc.; Timber West, Inc.; and Strata Industries, Inc., Appellants, v. SUMMIT FORESTS, INC., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, In Banc.

Resubmitted June 12, 1996.

Decided August 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Kelly, Eugene, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Judith Giers, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were William F. Gary and Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.

D. Michael Dale filed a brief amicus curiae for Oregon Legal Services Corporation.

Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, and Janie M. Burcart, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief amicus curiae for Bureau of Labor & Industries.


Resubmitted In Banc June 12, 1996.

EDMONDS, Judge.

Plaintiffs seek an injunction and damages under ORS 658.475, which provides remedies against farm labor contractors who violate certain statutes and administrative rules. The trial court granted summary judgment to defendant, ORCP 47, and plaintiffs appeal. We reverse in part.

Defendant is a large reforestation contractor working on federal lands in Oregon. In each of the last several years, defendant...

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