Case Name: HANSON, Appellant, v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1986-10-08
Citations: 81 Or. App. 516
Docket Number: 85-1130; CA A37097
Parties: HANSON, Appellant, v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, Respondent.
Judges: Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Newman and Deits, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 81
Pages: 516–517

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted April 21,
reversed and remanded October 8, 1986
HANSON, Appellant, v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, Respondent.
(85-1130; CA A37097)
726 P2d 409
Nancy A. Borneman, Coos Bay, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief was Rossi & Borneman, Coos Bay.
Lynne W. McNutt, Coos Bay, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was McNutt, McNutt & Thrush, Coos Bay.
Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Newman and Deits, Judges.
PER CURIAM

Opinion:
PER CURIAM
Plaintiff brought this action for a declaratory judgment, ORS 28.010, seeking a declaration that a judgment lien is invalid. Defendant moved for dismissal of the complaint on the ground that it does not state a cause of action. The trial court granted the motion and plaintiff appeals.
A complaint for declaratory relief may not be dismissed for failure to state a claim if it states a justiciable controversy. Reynolds v. State Board of Naturopathic Exam., 80 Or App 438, 722 P2d 739 (1986); Aetna Casualty v. Smith, 81 Or App 384, 725 P2d 611 (1986). The complaint states a justiciable controversy, and it was error to dismiss it.
Reversed and remanded.