A group of teenage girls are suing the Oregon school district where they claim they were repeatedly harassed and extorted by male students. The federal lawsuit claims the boys extorted the plaintiffs into taking nude photographs of themselves and then shared the...
Month: October 2013
Oregon bridge lawsuit to see trial in 2014
Multnomah County's dispute with the construction firm that renovated part of a Portland bridge will not be heard in court for almost a year following a judge's decision to schedule a trial for September 15, 2014. The Oregon county hopes civil litigation will help it...
Predator killing lawsuit mirrors 2010 Oregon case
A rejected lawsuit aimed at stopping a federal program designed to terminate predators that kill livestock will see new life after the wildlife conservation group behind the claim appealed to the U.S. District Court decision that saw the case thrown out. The suit has...
Portland Airport sued after rejecting advertisement
Portland International Airport and its manager, the Port of Portland, face a lawsuit after rejecting an anti-logging advertisement deemed to be political in nature. The American Civil Liberties Union backed several Oregon environmental conservation organizations in...