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HUFF v. GREAT WESTERN SEED CO.

CC 930061; CA A80301; SC S41976.

909 P.2d 858 (1996)

322 Or. 457

Cheryl HUFF, Respondent on Review, v. GREAT WESTERN SEED CO., a New Jersey Corporation, and Lance Dickey, Petitioners on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy Peck, of Williams, Zografos, Peck & Atwood, Salem, argued the cause for petitioners on review. With her on the briefs was Eli D. Stutsman, Portland.

Mark K. Grider, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Trent T. Whitford, Salem, filed briefs on behalf of amicus curiae Cascade Employers Association.

Corbett Gordon, of Gordon, McKeon & Rives, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amici curiae Family Restaurants, Inc.; ARG Enterprises, Inc., dba (in Oregon) Stuart Anderson's Restaurants, Stuart Anderson's Black Angus, and Stuart Anderson's Cattle Company; and Community Ambulance.

Francis T. Barnwell and Kenneth E. Bemis, of Bullard, Korshoj, Smith & Jernstedt, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amici curiae Armstrong World Industries; Food Employers, Inc.; Fred Meyer, Inc.; NIKE, Inc.; Norpac Foods, Inc.; Northwest Packers Industrial Association; Red Lion Inns; Rogue Valley Medical Center; TNT Reddaway Truck Line; and United Grocers, Inc.

Doris J. Brook, Portland, filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

GILLETTE, Justice.

We are asked in this case to decide when the statute of limitations begins to run in a particular class of unlawful employment practice actions brought pursuant to ORS 659.121(1). Those actions, designated as "unlawful motive" cases in the employment law field, are cases in which the employer is charged with engaging in a practice that, except for the fact that it is prompted by an unlawful motive, would be lawful. The Court of Appeals concluded...

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