Orr v. East Valley Water District

Petitioners appeal from a judgment dismissing their petition for a writ of review of respondent’s decision under ORS 545.099 denying petitioners’ request for exclusion of their lands from the East Valley Water District. The trial court determined that the action was not justiciable because petitioners had not shown that respondent’s denial of their request for exclusion, even if erroneous, had a practical effect on petitioners’ rights. Although the trial court granted respondent’s motion for summary judgment, respondent’s justiciability argument is properly understood as a challenge to the…