Germeroth v. City of Oregon City

Plaintiff brought this action for false arrest, false imprisonment and negligence against the city and its municipal judge, based on the latter’s issuance of a warrant for plaintiffs arrest when there was no sworn complaint on file. See Or Const Art I, § 9; ORS 133.005 to 133.030; ORS 133.110. The bases for the warrant were two citations for violations of parking regulations under city ordinances. Those citations were placed on the offending vehicle slightly less than two years before the judge issued the arrest warrant and approximately six months after plaintiff had sold and given…