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Learn about the history and architecture of the courthouse for Washington County, Oregon, built in 1928 and renovated in 1972. The courthouse houses courtrooms, offices, and the district attorney, and is located in downtown Hillsboro.
Learn about the history, organization, and current judges of the federal district court for Oregon, created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union. The court has four divisional offices and handles civil and criminal cases from various counties.
Learn about the history, geography, and demographics of Washington County, the second most populous county in Oregon and part of the Portland metropolitan area. The county is named for George Washington and covers 726 square miles of land and water.
No formal judicial system existed in the region prior to February 18, 1841, when settlers at the Champoeg Meetings, in their effort to form a Provisional Government, elected Babcock as Supreme Judge as well as four justices of the peace and a High Sheriff as minor executive position, while they failed to establish the introduction of a governor because of discontent by French-Canadian settlers.
Learn about the general jurisdiction trial courts of Oregon, which hear civil and criminal cases. Find out the number, districts, judges, and appeals of the circuit courts, and the difference between circuit courts and other local courts.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Oregon since May 19, 2014, when Judge Michael J. McShane of the U.S. District Court for the District Court of Oregon ruled in Geiger v. Kitzhaber that Oregon's 2004 state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation in violation of the Equal ...
Michael J. McShane (born 1961) is an American lawyer serving as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. He previously served as a state court judge on the Oregon Multnomah County Circuit Court from 2001 to 2013.
Putting 10 Commandments in front of courthouse would be great move. To the editor: The late Irvin H. Rutledge, chief judge of Washington County, during his tenure wanted to erect a stone tablet of ...