Rajneeshpuram - Chronology of land-use litigation
Dec 1, 1981 1000 Friends of Oregon files suit challenging approval of incorporation election for Rajneeshpuram Sep 1982 Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) acknowledges Comprehensive Plan for Rajneeshpuram Mar 2, 1983 Court of Appeals returns case to Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) for determination of substantive compliance with state land-use goals Jul 14, 1983 LCDC adopts administrative rule on incorporation of new cities retroactive to August 1981** Sep 29, 1983 LUBA rules that the incorporation of Rajneeshpuram violated two state land-use goals and LCDC administrative rule Sep 30, 1983 LCDC approves LUBA ruling Oct 1983 Wasco circuit court enjoins further development under authority of City of Rajneeshpuram Mar 21, 1984 Court of Appeals reverses LUBA decision of September 1983 Jun 27, 1984 Full ten-member panel of Court of Appeals upholds LUBA decision of September 1983 by 6 to 4 margin. See discussion regarding the date assigned to this event. Jul 9, 1985 Oregon Supreme Court overturns LUBA decision of September 1983 but returns case to LUBA for review of two additional issues Mar 14, 1986 LUBA rules in favor of Rajneeshpuram re conflict of interest and against Rajneeshpuram re compliance of incorporation with the state agricultural land goal Aug 6, 1986 Oregon Court of Appeals reverses LUBA by deciding against Rajneeshpuram re conflict of interest and for Rajneeshpuram on compliance with agricultural goal Sep 9, 1987 Oregon Supreme Court upholds LUBA's decision that the incorporation of Rajneeshpuram was not invalid because of conflict of interest 1988 U.S. Supreme Court refuses certiorari, ending litigation on the status of Rajneeshpuram under Oregon land-use planning law
Source of this table is Utopia and Bureaucracy: The Fall of Rajneeshpuram, by Carl Abbott, a member of the urban studies and planning department in Portland State University, available at Portland State University's website
