Stranahan v. Fred Meyer, Inc.

The issue on review in this tort action for false arrest is whether plaintiff, Stranahan, had a state constitutional right to collect initiative petition signatures at the Fred Meyer store on Southeast 82nd Avenue and Foster Road in Portland. Defendant, Fred Meyer, argues that it cannot be held liable for that tort because Stranahan was committing criminal trespass at the time of her arrest.1 Stranahan *67argues that she was not committing criminal trespass at the time of her arrest because, she asserts, she had a right under Article IV, section 1, of the Oregon Constitution2 to enter and remain…