Polaski v. Clark

The Interinstitutional Residency Committee of the Oregon State System of Higher Education (OSSHE) denied petitioner’s application to be classified as an Oregon resident for the purpose of tuition for the 1996 winter term at Portland State University. Petitioner appealed, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs issued an order denying the application. Petitioner sought circuit court review. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the court granted petitioner summary judgment and reversed the vice chancellor’s order, determining that petitioner was a resident before January 1996. The court…