Garganese v. Oregon Department of Justice

This is a proceeding under Oregon’s Unlawful Trade Practices Act (Act). ORS 646.605 et seq. After a hearing on plaintiffs’ (NAE) 1 petition to set aside or modify an investigative demand, the circuit court required plaintiffs to comply with Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigative demand issued pursuant to ORS 646.618(1). 2 The DOJ petitions for review of a Court of Appeals’ “order determining jurisdiction,” which held that the Court of Appeals had jurisdiction over an appeal from the circuit court decision. The issue is whether the Court of Appeals correctly determined that it had…