Adams v. State

This appeal is by defendant City of Hillsboro (Hills-boro) from the trial court’s denial of its claims for attorney fees and sanctions against plaintiffs and plaintiffs’ attorneys, Mechanic and the Goldberg, Mechanic and Goldstein law firm. ORS 20.105; ORCP 17. We affirm.

The underlying action arose out of a 1988 labor dispute between three unions and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (Kaiser). Plaintiffs, who are taxpayers of Hillsboro but not union employees, were solicited by union representatives to pursue a declaratory judgment proceeding against various entities that had…