Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 421.282 (2026)

Definitions for ORS 421.282 to 421.294

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      421.282 Definitions for ORS 421.282 to 421.294. As used in ORS 421.282 to 421.294, unless the context requires otherwise:

      (1) “Compact” means the Western Interstate Corrections Compact as set forth in ORS 421.284.

      (2) “Inmate,” “institution” and “state” have the meanings defined in Article II of the compact. [1959 c.290 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1971–2015 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Osborne v. Cook, 59 P.3d 531 (Or. Ct. App. 2002).
State Ex Rel. Osborne v. Cook, 59 P.3d 531 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “The gravamen of relator’s complaint is that defendant, the Director of the Department of Corrections, failed to afford relator certain processes concerning disciplinary violations to which relator claimed he was entitled under the Western Interstate Corrections Compact (WICC),…”
Taylor v. Peters, 361 P.3d 54 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). “2 Plaintiff is an Oregon inmate incarcerated in Colorado pursuant to the Western Interstate Corrections Compact (WICC), ORS 421.282 to 421.294. According to the allegations in the petition, plaintiff is confined under conditions in which other prisoners are “continually”…”
State v. Stewart, 487 P.2d 899 (Or. Ct. App. 1971). “Finally, appellant urges that the Western Interstate Corrections Compact law (ORS 421.282 to 421.294) reveals a different legislative intent.”
Ward v. Hall, 136 P.3d 76 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “The trial court, in dismissing plaintiffs complaint, reasoned that the provisions of ORS 421.282 to 421.294 do not confer federally protected liberty interests for purposes of section 1983.”
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