Mid-County Future Alternatives Committee v. City of Portland

Plaintiffs in this declaratory judgment action challenge the constitutionality of Oregon Laws 1987, chapter 818, section 3, which provides, in pertinent part:

“Notwithstanding any other provision [ORS chapter 199] or ORS chapter 222, territory annexed or transferred to a city or district by a minor boundary change approved by a boundary commission’s final order adopted after January 1, 1985, but before the effective date of this 1987 Act shall be in the annexing city or district by operation of this 1987 Act commencing upon the effective date of the boundary commission’s final order.”

The trial…