Western Communications, Inc. v. Deschutes County

Defendant and intervenor appeal a judgment under the Public Records Act (the Act). ORS 192.410 to ORS 192.505. The trial court ordered defendant county to disclose to plaintiff, the publisher of the Bend Bulletin, the ledger cards on which the county records monthly transient room tax payments from each lodging operator in the unincorporated portions of the county. Klug-Rainey, Inc. (Klug-Rainey), which operates a large resort in unincorporated Deschutes County, intervened as a defendant in order to support the county’s refusal to disclose the cards. Plaintiff cross-appeals the trial court’s…