State Ex Rel. English v. Multnomah County

This mandamus action requires us to determine the effect of a final judgment, containing a “money award,” that was entered “pursuant to” Measure 37, a land use statute that applies here but that has now been substantially superseded by later legislation. Dorothy English, an owner of land in Multnomah County, filed a cause of action under Measure 37 against the county, ultimately obtaining a judgment “against [the county] for just compensation pursuant to the provisions of [Measure 37] in the sum of $1,150,000.” Although the county initially appealed that judgment, it later dismissed its…