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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 Gary T. Schwartz Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and a Visiting Fellow (Senior Fellow starting May 2024) at the Hoover Institution (Stanford). Naturally, his posts here (like the opinions of the other bloggers) are his own, and not endorsed by any educational institution.