No. 24-1042

Robert R. Parker, Jr. v. John D. Burnes, et al.

Lower Court: Oregon
Docketed: 2025-04-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment fraudulent-concealment judicial-review systemic-racism
Latest Conference: 2025-05-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Oregon Supreme Court's denial of the Petition for Judicial Review, despite acknowledging systemic racism and discrimination, violates the Petitioner's due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment.

2. Whether the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure (ORCP) 71B and 71C should be interpreted to allow relief from a judgment when new evidence of systemic racism, fraudulent concealment, and actions taken without legal authority by state agencies and officials is presented.

3. Whether the enforcement of a release of claims, obtained under duress and based on fraudulent misrepresentations, violates the Petitioner's constitutional rights.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Oregon Supreme Court's denial of the Petition for Judicial Review violates due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, and whether ORCP 71B and 71C allow relief from judgment based on new evidence of systemic racism and fraudulent concealment

Docket Entries

2025-06-02
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/29/2025.
2025-05-01
Waiver of right of respondents John D. Burnes and Miller Nash Law Firm to respond filed.
2025-05-01
Waiver of right of respondent John D. Burnes and Miller Nash Law Firm to respond filed.
2025-04-07
Waiver of right of respondent Chevron Industries, Union Oil Company of California, and Texaco, Inc. to respond filed.
2025-04-04
Waiver of John D. Burnes, et al. of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-04
Waiver of right of respondent John D. Burnes, et al. to respond filed.
2025-04-04
Waiver of right of respondent John Kitzhaber, in his individual and representative capacity as former Oregon Senate President to respond filed.
2024-12-31

Attorneys

Chevron Industries, Union Oil Company of California, and Texaco, Inc.
B. John CaseyStoel Rives, LLP, Respondent
John D. Burnes and Miller Nash Law Firm
Shayna M. RogersCosgrave Vergeer Kester, LLP, Respondent
John D. Burnes, et al.
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Robert R. Parker
Robert R. Parker Jr. — Petitioner