Mid-County Future Alternatives Committee v. City of Portland

This is a declaratory judgment proceeding in which plaintiffs seek a declaration that Oregon Laws 1987, chapter 818, section 3 (codified as ORS 199.534), 1 violates the home rule provisions of the Oregon Constitution, Article XI, section 2, 2 and the equal privileges and immunities clause, Article I, section 20, 3 as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. On cross motions for summary judgment the circuit court denied plaintiffs’ motion and granted defendants’ motion. The court entered judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ complaint and…