Mattila v. Mason

Petitioner brought this mandamus proceeding in circuit court seeking an order requiring defendant, a district judge, to schedule a hearing as requested by petitioner on an alleged traffic infraction without requiring petitioner to first post bail in the sum of $27. On appeal from an order by the circuit court denying such relief, the Court of Appeals, citing its previous decision in Hoffman v. French, 36 Or App 739, 585 P2d 730 (1978), held that it was "unable to reach the merits” of the case for the reason that Oregon Laws 1975, ch 611, which made district courts courts of record and…