Title: Oregon Newspaper Publishers v. Dept. of Corrections

State: oregon

Issuer: Oregon Supreme Court

Document:

Filed:  July 22, 1999

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON

OREGON NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS 
ASSOCIATION, a not for profit 
association, J. LEROY YORGASON, 
its President; WILLAMETTE VALLEY 
CHAPTER OF SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL 
JOURNALISTS, a not for profit society 
of journalists, ROB PRIEWE, chapter 
President; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, a 
not for profit news cooperative, 
ELAINE NORTON HOOKER, its Chief of 
Bureau for Portland, Oregon; THE 
OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, an 
Oregon Corporation; THE OREGON 
ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, a 
non-profit association, BILL 
JOHNSTONE, its executive director; 
THE STATESMAN JOURNAL, a daily 
newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, 
and JULIA WALLACE, its Executive Editor,

	Petitioners on Review,

	v.

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and 
STATE OF OREGON,

	Respondents on Review.

(CA A97110; SC S45795)

	On review from the Court of Appeals.*

	Argued and submitted February 25, 1999.

	Les Swanson, Jr., Portland, argued the cause and filed the
briefs for petitioners on review.

	Robert M. Atkinson, Assistant Attorney General, Salem,
argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondents on review. 
With him on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and
Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

	Before Carson, Chief Justice, and Gillette, Van Hoomissen,
Durham, Leeson, and Riggs, Justices.**

	GILLETTE, J.

	The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.  Oregon
Administrative Rules 291-024-0017, 291-024-0020, 291-024-0065,
291-024-0070, and 291-024-0080, are declared invalid to the
extent stated in this opinion.

	*Judicial Review of Department of Corrections 

	 Administrative Rules.

	 156 Or App 30, 966 P2d 819 (1998).

    **Kulongoski, J., did not participate in the consideration or
decision of this case.