People and the Land: An Oral History of Oregon’s Statewide Land Use Planning Program

Interview with Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr.

Interview with Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr.

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Interview Date

6-29-2015

Publication Date

2015

Subjects

Land use -- Oregon -- Planning

Abstract

Interview with Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr. by Katherine Daniels on July 1, 2015. Chief Justice Wallace Carson was the longest-serving Chief Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court (fourteen years, 1991-2005). He served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives and was an Oregon Senator from 1970-77. He helped to pass the Oregon bottle bill, greenway bill, and other land use legislation.

Biographical

Chief Justice Wallace Carson was the longest-serving Chief Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court (fourteen years, 1991-2005). He served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives and was an Oregon Senator from 1970-77. He helped to pass the Oregon bottle bill, greenway bill, and other land use legislation. He was appointed to the Circuit Court of Marion County by Governor Robert Straub and to the Oregon Supreme Court by Governer Vic Atiyeh in 1982.

Katherine Daniels is the Farm and Forest Lands Specialist for the Department of Land Conversation and Development.

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This digital access copy is made available as streaming media for personal, educational, and non-commercial use within the parameters of "fair use" as defined under U.S. Copyright law. It cannot be reproduced, distributed, or screened for commercial purposes. For more information, please contact Special Collections at Portland State University Library at: specialcollections@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9883.

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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16315

Disciplines

Urban Studies and Planning

Interview with Chief Justice Wallace P. Carson, Jr.

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