(Portland, OR) -- An appeals court is allowing an Oregon journalist to sue Baker City's ex-police chief. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that Brian Addison showed enough evidence to justify a retaliation suit. The Oregonian reports that Addison claims he was retaliated against by former chief Wyn Lohner following a 2008 editorial in the Record-Courier which was critical of the department.