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Archive Home > 2007 > January > 19 > Legislators kill bill to restrict citizen appeals

Legislators kill bill to restrict citizen appeals

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
January 19, 2007

SALEM - A proposal to remove the rights of citizens to appeal low-level cases to the Oregon Court of Appeals and Supreme Court has been sent to an early grave at the statehouse.

Attorney General Hardy Myers - citing legal costs for what are infrequent appeals - asked the Legislature to restrict....

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