A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley
In the timber lawsuit brought against the state by Linn County and many other rural taxing units, an Albany jury last week awarded the plaintiffs $1.1 billion. If the verdict stands up on appeal, how would the state pay?
I couldn’t remember what the tennis-ball-sized structures in these oaks were called, or indeed what they were. So I looked them up.
Timber billion: How can, or will, state pay?
In the timber lawsuit brought against the state by Linn County and many other rural taxing units, an Albany jury last week awarded the plaintiffs $1.1 billion. If the verdict stands up on appeal, how would the state pay?
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