If you were waiting to see how Jack Bogdanski's lawsuit against the Portland Arts Tax turned out before paying it, you might want to pull out your checkbook.



Oregon Tax Court has dismissed a suit filed by Bogdanski, a Lewis & Clark Law School professor and retired blogger, alleging that the city's $35-a-person tax violates the state constitution.



But the court hasn't upheld the tax's constitutionality. Instead, it ruled on Tuesday, June 4 that it doesn't have jurisdiction over city taxes.



"The court concludes that it does not have the statutory authority to hear Plaintiff's challenge to the City of Portland's tax," the ruling says. "That is so because jurisdiction must start with a challenge to a tax law administered by the state and the Portland Arts Tax is not a tax law of the state, but rather a municipal tax law."