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Is it drunken driving if your 'vehicle' is a motorized wheelchair?

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No, the Oregon Court of Appeals held on Thursday (in State v. Greene). Its rationale was pretty narrowly focused on the Oregon statutory text - check out the opinion for more details. Thanks to Howard Bashman (How Appealing) for the pointer.

Eugene Volokh is the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and the Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor at UCLA School of Law. Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any institution.