Sea-Air Handling Services, Inc. v. Reed

This is an original action in mandamus. ORS 34.120. Bankruptcy trustee Hartvig (relator) contends that Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Marshall Arniton exceeded his authority under ORCP 71 C in granting plaintiff-adverse party Sea-Air Handling Services, Inc.’s (Sea-Air) requested relief and that Judge Arniton misinterpreted the “second dismissal rule” in ORCP 54 Ail). 1 Consequently, he asks this court to issue a peremptory writ of mandamus directing Judge Arniton to reverse his November 13,1997, order granting Sea-Air’s motion for entry of a supplemental judgment of dismissal “without…