Title: Karuk Tribe of California v. TriMet
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: S059484
State: Oregon
Issuer: Oregon Supreme Court
Date: April 16, 2014

Filed:  April 17, 2014 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON 
 
KARUK TRIBE OF CALIFORNIA, 
a federally recognized organization; 
and FRIENDS OF THE RIVER FOUNDATION, 
a California nonprofit organization, 
Respondents on Review, 
 
 
v. 
 
TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN 
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 
OF OREGON, 
Petitioner on Review. 
 
(CC 080202663; CA A139375; SC S059484) 
 
On review from the Court of Appeals.* 
 
 
Argued and submitted March 8, 2012, at the University of Oregon College of 
Law; resubmitted January 7, 2013. 
 
 
Keith M. Garza, Oak Grove, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner on 
review. 
 
 
Thomas M. Christ, Cosgrave, Vergeer Kester LLP, Portland, argued the cause and 
filed the brief for respondents on review. 
 
 
Erin C. Lagesen, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, filed a brief for amicus 
curiae State of Oregon.  With her on the brief were John R. Kroger, Attorney General, 
and Anna M. Joyce, Solicitor General. 
 
 
Tracy Pool Reeve, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Portland City Attorney's Office, 
filed a brief for amicus curiae League of Oregon Cities. 
 
 
Before Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Linder, Landau, and Baldwin, 
Justices.** 
 
 
PER CURIAM 
 
 
 
The decision of the Court of Appeals and the judgment of the circuit court are 
affirmed by an equally divided court. 
 
 
*Appeal from Multnomah County Circuit Court, Henry Breithaupt, Judge. 241 Or 
App 537, 251 P3d 773 (2011). 
 
 
**Brewer, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.