Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 16, 2007.

Waiver of right of respondent Oregon to respond filed.

Waiver of right of respondent City of Portland, Oregon to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 8, 2007)

Lincoln Loan Company, an Oregon corporation, Petitioner, represented by Ridgway K Foley Jr.

City of Portland, Oregon, Respondent, represented by Harry Michael Auerbach

Oregon, Respondent, represented by Mary H. Williams