Jordan v. Motor Vehicles Division
Oregon Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*435FADELEY, J.
At issue is an exemption to disclosure in Oregon’s public records statutes. ORS 192.410 to 192.505. The statutes provide for disclosure as the general rule but grant an exemption for “information of a personal nature * * * if the public disclosure thereof would constitute an unreasonable invasion of privacy * * ORS 192.502(2).1 Relying on that exemption, the Motor Vehicles Division (MVD) refused to disclose to Lawrence Wm. Jordan an individual’s residence address contained in its records. The Attorney General, circuit court, and Court of Appeals upheld MVD’s refusal. Jordan v. MVD,…
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