McKinley v. Owyhee Project North Board of Control

Plaintiffs petition for review of our decision, 103 Or App 253, 798 P2d 673 (1990), contending that we should not have reversed the trial court’s decision that the Owyhee Project Joint Committee is the agent for the nine irrigation districts. The Joint Committee also petitions for review, asserting that we erroneously concluded that it is not a public body subject to the Oregon Tort Claims Act (OTCA). We treat the petitions as petitions for reconsideration, ORAP 9.15, deny plaintiffs’ petition and allow that of the Joint Committee.

Plaintiffs contend that we erred in holding that, as a matter…