The Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council has filed a lawsuit against a man that was allegedly involved in a Ponzi scheme that left the Boy Scout Troop without funds that it was entitled to receive. The council reportedly invested $200,000 in one of the...
Month: June 2014
Wolf family at heart of Oregon environmental litigation
The first family of wolves to live in Oregon in approximately 70 years are at the heart of a civil lawsuit that was filed by Oregon Wild. The conservation group is concerned about the effect that logging in the area near where the wolf is raising her pups will have a...
Appeals court process won’t halt Oregon same-sex marriages
Same-sex marriages in Oregon can move full steam ahead without worry for now thanks to a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court. It declined to stop the marriages while the intervention of a group that opposes gay marriage is considered in a federal...
Lawsuit threatened regarding endangered birds, logging in Oregon
Logging companies have purchased state land in Oregon, with plans to clear-cut the area for profit. However, one group is now threatening to go forward with environmental litigation if the companies do start logging off their new land, saying that their actions could...