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GEORGE v. COURTNEY

(CC 07C-23988; SC S055663).

176 P.3d 1265 (2008)

344 Or. 76

Larry GEORGE, individually and in his capacity as Oregon State Senator and a member of the 74th Legislative Assembly, and Ted Abram, individually, Appellants, v. Peter COURTNEY, in his capacity as President, Oregon State Senate, Jeff Merkley, in his capacity as Speaker, Oregon House of Representatives, Theodore Kulongoski, in his capacity as Governor, State of Oregon, and Bill Bradbury, in his capacity as Oregon Secretary of State, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided February 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Brown, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellants.

Anna M. Joyce, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

GILLETTE, J.

This is a case involving a challenge to the basis on which the Legislative Assembly has called itself into session for a special session scheduled to begin on Monday, February 4, 2008.1 Plaintiffs, one of whom is a state Senator, are two Oregon citizens. Defendants are the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor, and the Secretary of State (hereafter collectively referred to as "the...

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