MacEwan v. HOLM

Plaintiff brings this suit to require the defendants, who constitute the State Board of Health, to make available to the plaintiff data requested by him relating to nuclear radiation sources which defendants had collected in the course of carrying out their duties under ORS eh 453. Plaintiff appeals from a decree granting defendants’ motion to dismiss.

Under ORS eh 453 enacted in 1957, the State Board of Health is charged with the duty of making a two-year study relating to radiation sources, after which *30it is required to “promulgate regulations and standards, in conformance with the policy…