Legal Opinion
State v. Robertson
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided August 3, 1982No. TC 10-80-07971, CA 19337 SC 28280; TC 10-80-07969, CA 19338, SC 28281PublishedCited by 290 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*404LINDE, J.
The issue to be decided is the constitutional validity of a statute creating and defining the crime of “coercion.” Defendants were indicted under one subsection of the statute, ORS 163.275(1)(e), which makes it a crime to compel or induce another person to engage in conduct from which he has the legal right to abstain by causing him to fear the disclosure of discreditable assertions about some person.1 Defendants demurred on the ground that the terms of the statute are too vague for a penal law.
The trial court sustained the demurrers. On the state’s appeal, the Court of Appeals…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by290 opinions
- State v. CampbellOregon Supreme Court · 1988
- Price v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. RangelOregon Supreme Court · 1999
- United States v. Alfonso Velasquez, Ramon Dominguez, Esmerido Galvan Olamendi, Ramon Gomez, and Armando GomezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- State v. FarrarOregon Supreme Court · 1990
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