Donaldson v. Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission

This is a case of judicial review of seven orders of the Lane County Local Government Boundary Commission (the Boundary Commission) annexing seven different parcels in the unincorporated Lane County community of Santa Clara to the City of Eugene (Eugene). Petitioners, who are individual residents of Santa Clara, seek review in this court, claiming that: (1) the annexations were unlawful because Santa Clara was a “proposed city,” and territory in a “proposed city” cannot be annexed to another city; (2) four of the annexations were legislatively validated by a statute, ORS 199.534, that…