Oregon Education Ass'n v. Parks

Defendants appeal a limited judgment in an action under the Oregon Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (ORICO), ORS 166.715 to 166.735. The trial court denied defendants’ special motion to strike pursuant to ORS 31.150, Oregon’s “anti-SLAPP” statute.1 Defendants assign error to the trial court’s conclusion that plaintiffs met their evidentiary burden under ORS 31.150(3) to provide substantial evidence to support a prima facie ORICO claim. Plaintiffs cross-assign as error the court’s conclusion that defendants met their initial burden under ORS 31.150 to show that plaintiffs’…