Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 778.010 (2026)

District known as Port of Portland; boundaries; capacity to sue

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section ORSoregonlegislature.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

778.010 District known as Port of Portland; boundaries; capacity to sue. The Portland metropolitan area is a separate district, to be known as the Port of Portland, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and by that name shall exercise and carry out all the powers and objects conferred on it by law. The port may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all actions, suits or proceedings brought by or against it; provided, however, that the bonded or other indebtedness of the port that was chargeable to or a lien upon the property within the limits of the port:

(1) Prior to June 30, 1963, shall not be chargeable to or a lien upon all of that property which lies east of the east boundary line of range two east of the Willamette Meridian in Multnomah County; or

(2) Prior to June 30, 1973, shall not be chargeable to or a lien upon all that property lying within the boundaries of Clackamas and Washington Counties. [Amended by 1963 c.124 §1; 1973 c.178 §2; 2003 c.802 §152]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1981–1996 · leading case: Miller v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 918 P.2d 849 (Or. Ct. App. 1996).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Miller v. Water Wonderland Improvement Dist., 918 P.2d 849 (Or. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 6× “010(20) with ORS 778.010. Under the majority's analysis, the Port is not a special district to which the public records inspection law applies, because it is omitted from the list of districts in ORS 198.”

Frohnmayer v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 660 P.2d 1061 (Or. 1983). “010, and the Port of Portland, under ORS 778.010, are in the same category, but the texts of those statutes are different from ORS 656.”

Spada v. Port of Portland, 637 P.2d 229 (Or. Ct. App. 1981). “ORS 778.010. Defendant is empowered to acquire lands by purchase or eminent domain.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.