Summary judgment inappropriate where agency has discretion to revoke license

An Oregon court overturned a decision by the state’s Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to revoke the license of a corrections officer convicted of lying to a police officer. The court held December 13 that, where the Department had the discretion whether to revoke a license, it was inappropriate to grant summary determination in a case, regardless of whether the facts of the case were in dispute.

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