GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT The EUGENE CHARTER Chapter XII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 48. Presumption of Validity of City Action. In every proceeding in any court
concerning the exercise or enforcement by the city or any of its officers or
employees or agencies of any power by this act given to the city or any of its officers or
employees or agencies, all acts by the city or any of its officers, employees or agencies shall be
presumed to be valid, and no error or omission in any such act invalidates it, unless the person
attacking it alleges and proves that he or she has been misled by the error or omission to his or
her damage; and the court shall disregard every error or omission which does not affect a
substantial right of the person. Any action by this charter committed to the discretion of the
council, when taken, shall be final and shall not be reviewed or called into question elsewhere.