Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund v. Port of Portland

Defendant Port of Portland (the Port) appeals a judgment declaring that the Port violated Article I, section 8, of the Oregon Constitution when it rejected a proposed advertisement that plaintiff Oregon Natural Resources Council (Oregon Wild) wanted to run at Portland International Airport (PDX). The circuit court reasoned that the Port’s advertising policy impermissibly restricts the content of speech by prohibiting political but not commercial advertisements— a ruling based largely on our decision in Karuk Tribe of California v. TriMet, 241 Or App 537, 251 P3d 773 (2011), aff’d by an…