Civil Procedure and Courts

Day book used by Newton McCoy (1855-1939), an attorney in Portland, Oregon, and by other unidentified people. McCoy's entries, written in the 1920s, document his work as an attorney. Most other entries record financial transactions in the 1890s and the 1940s-1950s, though a few pages include drawings and writings possibly made by a child.

Oral history interview with Bonnie J. Mentzer, conducted by Heather Vogelson on July 26 and August 2, 2008, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Mentzer discusses her experiences as a woman in law school, as well as her career as an Oregon assistant attorney general and as a lawyer for the Multnomah County Legal Aid Service.

In Oregon, until 1913, justices of the peace presided over their own courts, called Justice Courts. This collection contains criminal and civil docketing records of nine Justice Court precincts in Multnomah County from 1880 until 1908.

Manual for probation officers working for the juvenile court of Multnomah County, Oregon, edited by Will Drum and with forewords from Circuit Court Judge Donald E. Long and Chief Probation Officer James Lamb. The manual includes a history of the juvenile justice system in Multnomah County and suggested reading.

Collection includes sentencing documents from the Lane County Circuit Court, 1923, for Tom Murray on the charge of "Assault with a dangerous weapon"; sentencing document from the Umatilla County Circuit Court, 1924, for James Willos on the charge of "Larceny in dwelling"; signed statement of Tom Murray, James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley, describing the crime that took place.

Thomas Benton Odeneal served as editor of the Corvallis Gazette, as a Benton County judge, and as Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Collection consists of manuscript correspondence, 1873-1883, regarding cases coming before the Oregon Supreme Court. Correspondents include Ellis G. Hughes and William W. Chapman.

The Oregon Text Book Case involved a group of taxpayers in Oregon City suing to stop their school district from furnishing books for a Catholic elementary school. Collection includes legal documents presented before or issued by the Circuit Court of Clackamas County, the Oregon State Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court, including briefs, memoranda, depositions, transcripts, opinions, appeals, and judgments.