CHARLES WIPER, INC. v. City of Eugene

Charles Wiper Inc. (Wiper), the relator in this mandamus case, petitioned the circuit court for a writ ordering the City of Eugene to process its Measure 37 claim. See former ORS 197.352 (2005) (Measure 37), amended by Oregon Laws 2007, chapter 424, section 4, renumbered as ORS 195.305 (2007) (Measure 49). The circuit court allowed the writ, issued a general judgment to that effect, and eventually awarded Wiper its attorney fees by way of a supplemental judgment. The city appeals both judgments, arguing that, by the time the court entered them, the action was moot as a result of the passage…