OREGONIAN PUBLISHING CO., LLC v. WALLER

091116280; A148488.

293 P.3d 1046 (2012)

253 Or. App. 123

OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, LLC, an Oregon limited liability corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, Plaintiff-Respondent, Cross-Respondent, v. The Honorable Nan G. WALLER, in her official capacity as Judge of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, Defendant, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Respondent, and State of Oregon, by and through its Department of Human Services, Defendant-Respondent, Defendant-Respondent, Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Pulvers , Portland, argued the cause for appellant-cross-respondent Honorable Nan G. Waller. With him on the briefs was Hinshaw & Culberton LLP.

Michael A. Casper argued the cause for respondent-respondent-cross-appellant State of Oregon. With him on the briefs were John R. Kroger , Attorney General, and Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General.

Charles F. Hinkle argued the cause for appellant-respondent-cross-respondent Oregonian Publishing Company LLC. With him on the briefs was Stoel Rives LLP.

Before ARMSTRONG, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Judge, and DUNCAN, Judge.


BREWER, J.

This case comes before us in a unique procedural posture. In a juvenile dependency case that is entirely separate from the case at hand, defendant Waller, the Presiding Family Court Judge of the Multnomah County Circuit Court, denied the request of plaintiff The Oregonian for access to a shelter care order that the judge had made in that case. Plaintiff asserted that the order was subject to public disclosure...

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