American Federation of Teachers-Oregon v. Oregon Taxpayers United Pac

This case involves an action for money damages brought under Oregon’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, ORS 166.715 to 166.735, and commonly known as ORICO. The named parties to this proceeding are American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the Oregon Education Association (OEA), plaintiffs, the Oregon Taxpayers United PAC (OTU-PAC) and Oregon Taxpayers United Education Foundation (OTU-EF), defendants, and the State of Oregon (state), intervenor. Defendants appeal after the trial court entered judgment awarding money damages to plaintiffs on Counts 1 and 3 of their claims and…