Oregon Supreme Court

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters announced Tuesday she is stepping down at the end of the year. That gives Gov. Kate Brown a second seat to on the state's high court to fill before she, too, leaves office.

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters is set to remove all nine members of the Public Defense Services Commission by noon Tuesday. Last week, the commissioners were deadlocked over whether or not to not remove executive director Steve Singer.

Justices have declined to hear a challenge that might have paved the way for a measure on the November ballot.

The former New York Times columnists, and critics of his gubernatorial candidacy, have made their final legal arguments to Oregon Supreme Court justices.

The 5-to-1 ruling delivered a fatal blow to a four-year-long legal push by Portland landlords to kill a city ordinance that requires landlords to pay renters when those landlords raise rents by 10% or more over a one-year period.

The city of Portland is back in court this week defending a four-year-old city rule that requires landlords pay renters’ moving fees if they significantly increase rent or issue an eviction notice without cause.

Oregon lawmakers have been battling Secretary of State Shemia Fagan in court over who gets to draw political boundaries based on the latest census data. The Oregon Supreme Court sided with lawmakers in a ruling Friday. OPB political reporter Dirk VanderHart fills us in.

The Democratically controlled Legislature likes the plan. The Democratic secretary of state does not.

The suit filed on Wednesday names Secretary of State Shemia Fagan as a defendant. Fagan says there are no hard feelings.

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday that the state's sentencing laws for juveniles convicted or murder follow