Linn County District Judge Daniel Murphy granted class certification in Linn County’s $1.4 billion breach of contract lawsuit against the State of Oregon and the State Forestry Department.
It is a welcome development, said Linn County Commissioner Roger Nyquist.
The lawsuit now included approximately 150 taxing districts, he said.
“Elected officials and policy makers have a fiduciary responsibility to treat this opportunity as an asset,” Nyquist said.
He said they expect to go to trial in early 2017.