Case Name: STATE ex rel Barbara ROBERTS, Anthony Meeker, Fred D. Miller and Richard A. Munn and Dick Sohrt, Plaintiff-Relators, v. Robert B. McCONVILLE, Defendant
Court: Oregon Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1990-09-13
Citations: 310 Or. 283
Docket Number: SC S37465
Parties: STATE ex rel Barbara ROBERTS, Anthony Meeker, Fred D. Miller and Richard A. Munn and Dick Sohrt, Plaintiff-Relators, v. Robert B. McCONVILLE, Defendant.
Judges: Gillette, J., dissented and filed an opinion. Fadeley, J., dissented and filed an opinion.
Reporter: Oregon Reports
Volume: 310
Pages: 283–290

Head Matter:
On petition for alternative writ of mandamus filed September 10,
petition for writ of mandamus denied September 13, 1990
STATE ex rel Barbara ROBERTS, Anthony Meeker, Fred D. Miller and Richard A. Munn and Dick Sohrt, Plaintiff-Relators, v. Robert B. McCONVILLE, Defendant.
(SC S37465)
797 P2d 365
Virginia L. Linder, Solicitor General, Salem, for plaintiffrelators. With her on the petition were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Assistant Solicitor General, Salem.
David R. Barrow, Portland, for defendant. With him on the response were Gregory W. Byrne and Byrne & Barrow, Portland.
Gillette, J., dissented and filed an opinion. Fadeley, J., dissented and filed an opinion.
Relating to the judgment of Marion County Circuit Court, Robert B. McConville, Judge.

Opinion:
GILLETTE, J.,
dissenting.
I would issue an alternative writ of mandamus, and therefore dissent from the majority's decision to the contrary.
While the analysis in the separate dissent of Fadeley, J., may be correct, I see no need to go into the merits here. For me, it is sufficient that a vital interest of the electorate is affected by the decisions of the trial court and there is no time for the normal appellate process to be carried out. I mean no disrespect to the two able trial judges whose decisions are at issue here when I say that, if at all possible, the people of this state are entitled to be assured by this court that those decisions are correct.
I respectfully dissent.