Stork v. Columbia River People's Utility District

Plaintiffs, taxpayers residing in Columbia County, challenge a special election held in November, 1980, approving a $17 million general obligation bond issue to allow acquisition of electrical energy facilities by a people’s utility district (PUD). Plaintiffs sought invalidation of the election on the grounds that (1) some illegal votes were cast and some legal voters were disenfranchised; and (2) defendants, the directors of the PUD, ran an advertisement containing a false and misleading statement in violation of the Corrupt Practices Act, ORS 260.532. The trial court, sitting without a…