Porter v. Tiffany

Plaintiff brought this action as a taxpayer under ORS 294.100 ① to require the five commissioners of the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB), a municipally owned utility, to personally reimburse EWEB for expenditures of $6,710.38 in 1968 and $6,608.13 in 1970. These funds were expended by the defendants in connection with two election measures. The 1968 measure involved authorizing the issuance and sale of $225 million in bonds to allow EWEB to participate in a nuclear power program. The television and radio time, newspaper advertising, voter surveys and other materials purchased by EWEB…