Seto v. Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District

This case concerns the siting by the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (Tri-Met) 1 of the Westside Corridor Project (the Project), the Portland metropolitan region’s light rail extension. The 1991 Legislative Assembly enacted Senate Bill 573 (Or Laws 1991, ch 3) (the Act), which establishes an exclusive, speedy siting process for the Project. SB 573, §§ 1, 3. The Act places review of the Tri-Met Final Order with the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) and directs that any judicial review of LUBA’s decision be heard in this court, which is charged with deciding the case as…