Mid-County Future Alternatives Committee v. Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission

By final orders of March 28,1985, the Portland Metropolitan Area Local Government Boundary Commission ordered that certain tracts of land be annexed to the City of Portland as of that date. Opponents of the annexations sought judicial review in the Court of Appeals, and that court held that “ORS 199.495(1), as it relates to annexations initiated pursuant to ORS 199.490(2), violates Article I, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution.” Mid-County Future Alt. v. Metro. Area LGBC, 83 Or App 552, 555, 733 P2d 451 (1987); 82 Or App 193, 728 P2d 63 (1986). Accordingly, that court ordered the…