Case Name: GATES, Petitioner, v. EMPLOYMENT DIVISION et al, Respondents
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1983-08-10
Citations: 64 Or. App. 335
Docket Number: 82-AB-628; CA A24861
Parties: GATES, Petitioner, v. EMPLOYMENT DIVISION et al, Respondents.
Judges: Before Gillette, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Young, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 64
Pages: 335–336

Head Matter:
On petitioner’s petition for attorney fees filed January 11 and on respondents’ response to petitioner’s petition for attorney fees filed January 24,
petition for attorney fee denied August 10, 1983
GATES, Petitioner, v. EMPLOYMENT DIVISION et al, Respondents.
(82-AB-628; CA A24861)
668 P2d 432
Elizabeth A. Trainor, Portland, for petition.
Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, William F. Gary, Solicitor General, and Christine L. Dickey, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, contra.
Before Gillette, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Young, Judges.
PER CURIAM.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Petitioner, the prevailing party in Gates v. Employment Division, 61 Or App 136, 655 P2d 226 (1982), seeks an award of an attorney fee pursuant to ORS 183.495 and 183.497 of the Oregon Administrative Procedures Act (APA). No award under either statute is appropriate. The Employment Division did not appear in the proceeding before the Employment Appeals Board (EAB), issue the order in question or appear in opposition to petitioner in this court. Johnson v. Employment Division, 64 Or App 276, 668 P2d 416 (1983). EAB acted in this case only in a quasi-judicial capacity; no award is appropriate against it. Wasco County v. AFSCME, 31 Or App 765, 767, 571 P2d 549 (1977); Van Gordon v. Ore. State Bd. of Dental Examiners, 63 Or App 561, 666 P2d 276 (1983); Johnson v. Employment Division, supra.
Petition for attorney fee award denied.