Judge Finds Sizemore in Contempt

The teachers' unions have won another battle in their attempt to ensure that Bill Sizemore abides by Oregon law. In 2003, as a result of litigation headed by BMHK on behalf of the Oregon Education Association, the Multnomah County Circuit Court entered an injunction against Bill Sizemore for his participation in racketeering, including funneling money through non-profit organizations for political purposes, thereby giving donors charitable deductions for their political donations in violation of the law.Despite the injunction, Sizemore continued to flout the law by creating another non-profit organization through which he funneled political money. He also solicited funds for a political action committee in direct violation of the injunction. The teachers' unions requested that the Court hold Sizemore in contempt of the law. On May 27, Judge Wilson recognized Sizemore's flagrant defiance of the injunction and ordered that he pay restitution totaling over $30,000 to the teachers' unions, as well as attorney fees to BHMK.