LOWELL v. WRIGHT

(CC 13CV04582)(SC S068129).

512 P.3d 403 (2022)

369 Or. 806

Tom LOWELL, dba Piano Studios and Showcase, Respondent on Review, v. Matthew WRIGHT and Artistic Piano, an Oregon corporation, Petitioners on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

June 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy M. McGovern , Frohnmayer, Deatherage, Jamieson, Moore, Armosino & McGovern, P.C., Medford, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioners on review. Also on the briefs were Casey S. Murdock and Alicia M. Wilson .

Linda K. Williams , Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, First Amendment Clinic, Los Angeles, California, argued the cause and filed the brief for amici curiae Institute for Free Speech; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Professors William Funk, Ofer Raban, and Kyu Ho Youm; Howard Bashman; Scotusblog, Inc.; and Professors Glenn Harlan Reynolds and Eugene Volokh. Also on the brief was Owen Yeates , Institute for Free Speech, Washington, D.C.

James Abernathy and Rebekah Millard , Freedom Foundation, Olympia, Washington, filed the brief on behalf of amicus curiae Freedom Foundation.

Before Walters, Chief Justice, and Balmer, Flynn, Duncan, Nelson, and Garrett, Justices, and Nakamoto, Senior Judge, Justice pro tempore.


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