MURPHY CIT. ADV. COM. v. JOSEPHINE CTY.

LUBA 95-031; CA A90324; SC S43078.

934 P.2d 415 (1997)

325 Or. 101

MURPHY CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Petitioner on Review, v. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Respondent on Review, and Copeland Sand and Gravel, Inc., Intervenor/Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided March 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew G. Fawcett, Medford, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner on review.

James R. Dole, of Schultz, Salisbury, Cauble, Versteeg & Dole, Grants Pass, argued the cause and filed the brief for intervenor/respondent on review.

No appearance by or for respondent on review.

Before CARSON, C.J., and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, FADELEY, GRABER, and DURHAM, JJ.


GILLETTE, Justice.

In this land use case, we are called on to decide the scope and meaning of a 1995 amendment to ORS 197.015, the definition section of Oregon's land use laws. More specifically, we must determine whether that amendment had the effect of excluding from the jurisdiction of the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) cases in which a local government body had been directed by an alternative writ of mandamus either to take a particular land use action or to...

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