MORO v. STATE

(S061452 (Control)), (S061431), (S061454), (S061475), (S061860).

364 P.3d 325 (2015)

358 Or. 375

Everice MORO; Terri Domenigoni; Charles Custer; John Hawkins; Michael Arken; Eugene Ditter; John O'Kief; Michael Smith; Lane Johnson; Greg Clouser; Brandon Silence; Alison Vickery; and Jin Voek, Petitioners, v. STATE of Oregon; State of Oregon, by and through the Department of Corrections; Linn County; City of Portland; City of Salem; Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue; Estacada School District; Oregon City School District; Ontario School District; Beaverton School District; West Linn School District; Bend School District; and Public Employees Retirement Board, Respondents, and League of Oregon Cities; Oregon School Boards Association; and Association of Oregon Counties, Intervenors, and Central Oregon Irrigation District, Intervenor below. Wayne Stanley Jones, Petitioner, v. Public Employees Retirement Board; Ellen Rosenblum, Attorney General; and Kate Brown, Governor, Respondents. Michael D. Reynolds, Petitioner, v. Public Employees Retirement Board, State of Oregon; and Kate Brown, Governor, State of Oregon, Respondents. George A. Riemer, Petitioner, v. State of Oregon; Oregon Governor Kate Brown; Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum; Oregon Public Employees Retirement Board; and Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, Respondents. George A. Riemer, Petitioner, v. State of Oregon, Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, Public Employees Retirement Board, and Public Employees Retirement System, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

December 10, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Hartman , Bennett, Hartman, Morris & Kaplan, LLP, Portland, filed the petition for petitioners Everice Moro, Terri Domenigoni, Charles Custer, John Hawkins, Michael Arken, Eugene Ditter, John O'Kief, Michael Smith, Lane Johnson, Greg Clouser, Brandon Silence, Alison Vickery, and Jin Voek. With him on the petition was Aruna A. Masih.

George A. Riemer , Sun City West, Arizona, filed the petition on behalf of himself.

Michael D. Reynolds , Seattle, Washington, filed the petition on behalf of himself.

Wayne Stanley Jones , North Salt Lake, Utah, filed the petition on behalf of himself.

Keith L. Kutler , Assistant Attorney General, Salem, filed the response to the petitions on behalf of the State of Oregon. With him on the response were Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Anna M. Joyce , Solicitor General, and Matthew J. Merritt , Assistant Attorney General.

William F. Gary , Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C., Eugene, filed the response to the petitions on behalf of respondents Linn County, Estacada School District, Oregon City School District, Ontario School District, West Linn School District, Beaverton School District, and Bend School District and intervenors Oregon School Board Association and Association of Oregon Counties.

Robert F. Blackmore , Innova Legal Advisors P.C., Lake Oswego, filed the response to the petitions on behalf of Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. With him on the response was Heidi W. Mason.

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


This matter is before us on petitions for awards of attorney fees and costs. For the reasons that follow, we refer the petitions to Judge Stephen Bushong, sitting as a special master, for recommended findings of fact and conclusions of law.

In Moro v. State of Oregon, 357 Or. 167,

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