URBAN RENEWAL COM'N v. WILLIAMS

A167583.

521 P.3d 494 (2022)

322 Or. App. 615

URBAN RENEWAL COMMISSION of the City of Oregon City, Plaintiff-Respondent Cross-Appellant, v. John F. WILLIAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Respondent, and Thomas J. O'Brien, Defendant, and City of Oregon City, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon, Defendant-Respondent Cross-Respondent. Urban Renewal Commission of the City of Oregon City, Plaintiff-Respondent Cross-Respondent, v. John F. Williams, Jr., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Respondent, and Thomas J. O'Brien, Defendant, and City of Oregon City, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon, Defendant-Respondent Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

November 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse A. Buss argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant-cross-respondent.

Gabriel M. Weaver and William K. Kabeiseman argued the cause for respondents-cross-appellants and respondents-cross-respondents. Also on the joint combined answering and cross-opening brief were Ciaran P. A. Connelly and Ball Janik LLP; and Bateman Seidel Miner Blomgren Chellis & Gram, P.C. On the joint reply brief on cross-appeal were William K. Kabeiseman and Bateman Seidel Miner Blomgren Chellis & Gram, P.C.; and Gabriel M. Weaver and Ball Janik LLP.

Before Ortega, Presiding Judge, and Shorr, Judge, and Powers, Judge.


This declaratory judgment action concerns a local initiative that amended the Oregon City Charter, adding section 59E, which purports to restrict urban renewal activities in the city. Defendant Williams was a proponent of the initiative. The Urban Renewal Commission of the City of Oregon City (URC) brought this declaratory judgment...

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