Sean C. Morgan
The Linn County Board of Commissioners plans to sue the State of Oregon for more than $1.4 billion in damages as part of a class action lawsuit for breach of contract for failure to properly manage forest policy and promote timber harvests on Forest Trust land.
The lawsuit class includes 14 other counties and more than 150 local districts, said Roger Nyquist, chairman of the Linn County Board of Commissioners, at a…