Hunt v. City of Eugene

This 18-year plague on the judicial system is before us yet again, this time with six judgments in four different actions, 13 assignments of error on appeal, four assignments on cross-appeal, and 200 pages of appellate briefing — all because of “unsightly” yard debris. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The relevant procedural history of this metastasis begins in the fall of 1993, when the City of Eugene ordered Nick Shevchynski and Philip M. Newman to either correct city code violations on property on Skyline Boulevard or else face a daily…