A federal judge in Oregon denied motions to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that agribusiness and industrial defendants contributed to nitrate contamination of drinking water in Oregon’s Lower Umatilla Basin, holding that plaintiffs plausibly...
A federal judge in Oregon ruled that a defendant’s late consent to removal cannot cure a procedural defect, ordering a wage dispute remanded to state court because the unanimity rule was not satisfied within the statutory window.
A federal judge in Oregon rejected Home Depot’s request to recalculate prejudgment interest in a putative class action over time-punch rounding, ruling the retailer must pay interest on each underpaid payday rather than waiting until the practice ended.
A federal judge in Oregon vacated the Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a logging plan, ruling the agency failed to adequately protect old-growth trees in Western Oregon’s Coast Range.
A federal judge in Oregon ruled that a fire district’s policy barring a journalist from public meetings likely violates his First Amendment rights, granting a temporary restraining order to restore his access.
A federal judge in Oregon denied summary judgment to two Springfield police officers, ruling that genuine disputes of material fact exist regarding whether handcuffing a suspect during a Terry stop for the purpose of identification violated the Fourth...
A Georgia-based canine semen bank is subject to personal jurisdiction in Oregon because its website expressly targeted an Oregon plaintiff and caused harm state, a federal judge ruled.
A federal judge ruled that Oregon counties face takings claims for keeping surplus proceeds from tax-foreclosure sales without compensating former property owners, rejecting the counties' argument that state law left them no choice.
A federal judge in Oregon struck portions of both parties' patent contentions Thursday, holding that neither side met the specificity requirements of the Local Patent Rules in a six-patent dispute over single-pass continuous lumber kilns.
A federal magistrate judge found that more than 90% of transgender women in Oregon state prisons are housed in men's facilities by default — and that the state knew it was putting them at serious risk.
A food-tech company accused of copying a competitor's nutrition-software platform to build its own product will face trial on the core claims — but the court trimmed the case at the pleading stage.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon has granted preliminary approval of a nationwide class action settlement against Molina Healthcare, Inc. and Molina Healthcare of California, resolving allegations that the insurer placed artificial or...
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition and Cascadia Wildlands have been granted leave to intervene in the consolidated litigation challenging the construction of an immigration detention facility near the Newport Municipal Airport.
A federal judge in the District of Oregon has vacated a declaration issued by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that threatened to cut federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from healthcare providers offering gender-affirming care to minors, ruling the...
District Judge Amy M. Baggio denied the City of Portland and Officer Abbas Mire’s motion to dismiss a complaint alleging deliberate indifference and intentional punishment of a pretrial detainee who was denied bathroom access and forced to walk barefoot...
A federal judge denied a preliminary injunction to an Oregon property owner who says a 2025 county ordinance wiped out her right to operate an adult residential care facility for people with disabilities.