Legal Opinion
CROFT v. Lambert
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided September 5, 1961PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodwin, J.
The defendant sheriff of Multnomah County appeals from a circuit court decree which restricts the sheriff in the administration of his office.
The precise question is whether the sheriff may lawfully forbid his deputies and other employes to engage in off-duty employment. The controversy has been popularly referred to as “the moonlighting problem,” and is not unique in Oregon. See Annotation, 150 ALR 128.
The sheriff, relying upon chapter 101, § 4, Oregon Laws 1919, now found in modified form in ORS 204.685 (5), issued orders that his employes were to cease the practice, wherever it might…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Johnson v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- State v. SavageOregon Supreme Court · 1919
- State v. CochranOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Beedle v. Stondall Land & Timber Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1920
- Hammons v. SCHRUNKOregon Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Long v. Board of Supervisors of Benton CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- James J. Flood v. KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Nomey v. StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Rhodes v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1979
- Cox v. McNamaraCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1972
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