Godfrey v. Fred Meyer Stores

CourtOregon Supreme Court
CitationGodfrey v. Fred Meyer Stores, 136 P.3d 742, 340 Or. 672 (Or. 2006)
Decision Date23 May 2006
Docket NumberNo. S53259.,S53259.
PartiesGODFREY v. FRED MEYER STORES

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21 cases
  • Schmidt v. Archdiocese of Portland
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • March 19, 2008
    ...though not dispositive at PGE's second level, may be highly probative." (Brackets in original; footnotes omitted.) See also Godfrey, 202 Or.App. at 689, 124 P.3d 621 ("In evaluating competing plausible interpretations of a statute, we are counseled to adopt the construction that is the one ......
  • State v. Rodriguez
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • December 19, 2007
    ...important to emphasize how little it takes to demonstrate that a statute is "ambiguous." As we explained in Godfrey v. Fred Meyer Stores, 202 Or.App. 673, 686, 124 P.3d 621 (2005), rev. den., 340 Or. 672, 136 P.3d 742 "[T]he threshold of ambiguity is a low one. It does not require that comp......
  • State v. Woods
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • February 9, 2022
    ..., 247 Or. App. 572, 579, 270 P.3d 362 (2012), rev. on other grounds , 353 Or. 565, 303 P.3d 929 (2013) ; Godfrey v. Fred Meyer Stores , 202 Or. App. 673, 680, 124 P.3d 621 (2005), rev. den. , 340 Or. 672, 136 P.3d 742 (2006) ("Ordinarily, dictum —even Oregon Supreme Court dictum —about the ......
  • State v. Rodriguez-Barrera
    • United States
    • Oregon Court of Appeals
    • May 23, 2007
    ...rule of PGE that resort to legislative history is not necessary in the absence of an ambiguity. See, e.g., Godfrey v. Fred Meyer Stores, 202 Or.App. 673, 676, 124 P.3d 621 (2005), rev. den., 340 Or. 672, 136 P.3d 742 (2006) (citing PGE for rule that we resort to legislative history only "if......
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