JAMES v. CLACKAMAS COUNTY

(CC CV07040292; CA A143772; SC S059680).

299 P.3d 526 (2013)

353 Or. 431

Neil JAMES, Petitioner on Review, v. CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Jon Montay (official capacity), Nancy Drury (official capacity), Martha Schrader (official capacity), Lynn Peterson (official capacity), and Bill Kennemer (official capacity), Respondents on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Resubmitted January 7, 2013.

Decided April 11, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Doyle of Bennett Hartman Morris & Kaplan, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on review.

Susan D. Marmaduke of Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C., Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents on review. With her on the brief were Jona J. Maukonen and John Cathcart Rake .

Before BALMER, Chief Justice, and KISTLER, WALTERS, LINDER, BREWER, and BALDWIN, Justices.


BALMER, C.J.

This case concerns the scope of Clackamas County's contractual obligation to provide health insurance benefits to command officer retirees of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. A contract between the county and command officers, including plaintiff, Neil James, required the county to use a particular fund to pay for a certain level of health insurance benefits to command officers after they retired. The contract added, however, that the obligation...

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