Oregon State Police Officers Ass'n v. State

Plaintiffs are the Oregon State Police Officers Association and Stephen Beck, its president. The association is the bargaining representative for non-supervisory police officers employed by defendant Department of State Police. Plaintiffs brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief against the state, the department and Brandaw, its superintendent, contending that ORS 181.400(2) violates Article I, sections 8 and 20, of the state constitution, the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The challenged statute provides, as material, that

“no…