highest state court state oregon court reverse modify decision supreme_court united_states holds court salem oregon near capitol building state street building finished houses state law library courtroom tracing heritage oregon pioneers selected supreme judge powers court grown single judge current seven justices justices court serve year terms election filled appointments governor oregon general election qualified candidate run position including seven justices select member serve year term chief justice court chief justice responsible assigning cases justices write court opinions chief executive primarily appeals court court resort oregon oral arguments court held court travel state holding sessions schools cases heard court receives appeals select cases death penalty appeals decisions court published oregon reporter published created formed old region followed creation oregon admitted union february selection court composed seven elected justices serves year term winning election justices like oregon state court judges united_states citizens oregon residents years lawyers admitted practice state oregon newest justice receives smallest office nicknamed closet responsible opening door conference interrupted state court judge dies completing term governor appoint qualified person position retain position appointed person run election year term general election occasion judge leave office end term case general election determines replacement supreme_court needs additional judge temporary basis illness position justice disqualified sitting case conflict interest court appoint senior judge serve judge pro senior judges qualified judges minimum years bench retired state court supreme_court justices elected oregon circuit court judges elected judges assigned temporary service supreme_court administrative court appoint retired judges lawyers judges serve temporarily judges level oregon appoint senior judges serve state court highest level court judge served retirement resignation state supreme court responsible admitting new lawyers practice oregon attorneys appointing members board minimum fourteen members responsible bar exam screening prospective lawyers admitting applicants practice law oregon oversight state judges hands supreme_court investigates reports abuses makes recommendations supreme_court actions need occur supreme_court suspend judges remove office action chief justice justice court elected court serve year term chief justice chief justice responsible administration supreme_court law enacted chief titular head supreme_court chief executive officer role chief justice oregon courts chief judge assigns presiding judges trial level state courts makes court rules charge department budget administrator chief recipient reports court system including non legal employees department chief justice longest serving chief held position years beginning official court reporter publication supreme_court decisions abbreviated case bound editions published authority authorized state law started clerk court responsible served justice court later federal judge took editing reports served clerk followed law passed included provision chief justice responsibility arrangement lasted years new law allowed court hire official reporter later chief justice serving official reporter reported opinion thompson involving case case justice wrote opinion justice served judge trial level circuit riding future justice served counsel defense fellow future justice provided counsel powers jurisdiction powers derive oregon constitution article vii like supreme courts united_states acts primarily court appeals choose cases legal significance unify lower court decisions aspect court review cases appealed high court review allows court choose cases hear appeal cases denied appeal supreme_court decision lower court final binding court accepted appeals justices meet week formal conference justices involved determine case accepted court hears case court divided panels instead justices participate cases justice conflict interest concern court reviews death penalty cases state tax court appeals items legal discipline direct review direct review means supreme_court hears cases directly appeal case going direct review items include state agency decisions placement prisons placement energy production facilities locations sites solid waste disposal labor law additionally court original jurisdiction quo corpus state legislative districts challenges ballot measures titles fiscal impact statement explanatory statement listed voter pamphlet oregon state courts courts general jurisdiction unlike federal courts state courts hear cases regardless dispute based state law federal law combination exceptions hear appeals cases based federal state law court decisions oregon court decisions federal law binding oregon state level courts federal courts required follow decisions decisions based federal law regardless federal court located state federal courts bound follow oregon law decisions cases involve disputes based oregon law federal courts based oregon doctrine developed reason federal courts courts states questions oregon law order clarify law oregon regards specific fact pattern federal court case decisions decisions exclusively based oregon law mechanisms exist effectively decisions accept cases decision involves issues federal law interpretation federal law change outcome case final authority oregon law absent extraordinary circumstances interpretation oregon law adequate independent state ground reverse decisions decisions court effectively overturned changing law later outcomes court affected legislation passed initiative referendum process criminal decisions oregon governor president united_states issue pardon crimes require history following journey lewis region known experienced increased activity exploration europeans americans beginning fur trade settlement euro americans began early founding fort slowly increased 1830s 1830s additional settlement occurred agricultural production increased missionaries started religious missions region trial region held presiding magistrate murder charge pioneer settlers continued region larger wagon trains crossing oregon trail 1840s bringing immigrants need courts pre traces roots early settlement period pioneer young died heir lands states idaho washington oregon february year settlers met discuss creation government including judiciary deal execution estate overall government plans fell group pioneers mountain men elect supreme judge exercise powers judge serving february later set meetings judiciary consisting supreme judge justices peace trial level courts judge chosen supreme judge new government severed judges appointed elected pre territory period years settlement oregon boundary dispute region jurisdiction foreign power resolution boundary issue britain retained territory north 49th degree latitude united_states taking land south border mexican control california created united_states congress appointed judge justices territorial period appointed president united_states early days court justices ride circuit addition court functions riding circuit involved acting appeals court judges state addition supreme court functions ultimate appeal common practice early american courts beginning court justices judicial district state constitution created called justices serve circuit court judges supreme court justices set remain population state reached people justice assigned district justices gather set intervals appeals occur year authorized meet frequently needed appeals justice presided lower court case participate proceedings court expanded justices addition fifth judicial district year court hired clerk legislature authorized position legislature passed act separate circuit supreme courts population reached creation separate supreme_court riding circuit abandoned supreme_court reduced members members court elected separately governor appointed court temporary justices elections held early years court selection chief justice governed senior justice justice term designated chief justice meant new chief selected years general meant elected serve years bench associate justice years chief justice woman admitted state bar april court admitted year long battle included state legislature passing new law allow women admitted oregon court upheld maximum hour law women state partly brief future justice upheld oregon law oregon despite ruling new_york maximum hour law unconstitutional state legislature expanded court justices lastly court expanded current seven justices important case came state court ruled state 14th amendment protect communist_party organizers prosecution oregon criminal syndicate law decision oregon important case came oregon court ruled united_states government united_states case court ruled state estate laws federal statute concerning property veterans died hospitals valid overturned decision united_states oregon administrative end court created intermediate court oregon change supreme_court generally hear appeals directly trial level courts state exceptions death penalty cases changes came justice reformed chief justice position simple head court title administrative head entire oregon judicial system following year court received female member governor appointed associate justice served chief justice court record years landmark decision involving city land use case oregon court found requirements placed business owner conditions approve expansion taking united_states constitution clause disagreed overturned oregon court oregon court ruled february oregon land use law measure constitutional allowed people claims government forcing government pay compensation land use regulations reduced value property owners land regulation location early years supreme_court business conducted variety locations downtown salem public building house court territorial capitol building salem built building courtroom chamber measuring feet feet floor december building partially occupied burned ground state finished construction second capitol building court located floor courtroom measured feet feet state law library feet feet separate building built state house supreme_court oldest building capitol mall second capitol building burned april addition holding court floor courtroom court travels state hold sessions includes sessions colleges high schools state law schools law schools use visits educational tools current justices information list justices court total individuals serve court creation territorial period ranged membership justices seven justices number positions bench seven current membership men women overall court women compared ninety men serve court additionally current justices openly gay judges court senior seven justices starting service newest member court joined court seven justices joined court governor oregon fill mid term cases course history number decisions highest court oregon cases cover wide range topics ballot measures contract law location capital oregon territory small comparison total number cases court decided cases appealed cases scholarly discussion later decided
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