Entries for 'Robert Thomas'

Last month, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion which declined to impose a duty of reasonable care on the Hawaii County Planning Department....

...the LUC violated petitioners’ constitutional rights....

...the State Land Use Commission wrongfully amended the land use boundaries from "urban" back to to "agriculture" after $20M of construction was complete....

...The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued a unanimous opinion in Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC....

...the voters agreed that there's no good reason to keep the JSC lists secret, the same result as the lawsuit....

...Virtual Takings: The Coming Fifth Amendment Challenge to Net Neutrality Regulation....

...as you get older, you forget birthdays....

Today must be election contest day at the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...the City and County of Honolulu condemned an undeveloped lot in rural Oahu for a fire station, but has been met with staunch resistance....

You can tell what kind of case is before what Hawaii appellate court by the case designation at the top of the fist page flysheet....

...Thursday at 4:30 p.m. was the statutory deadline for instituting an "election contest" in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

Candidates would have until this Thursday to file a complaint. The Supreme Court would then have four days to make a ruling....

...The motion for preliminary injunction asserts that holding the postponed election on Friday is just too soon, essentially because the two precincts are still a mess....

...we'll see soon enough how the challenge is framed, in what court it is brought, and what relief it seeks. Stay tuned....

...all votes statewide have been counted, except for two in the Big Island's Puna district, in which up to 8,000 votes may be in play....

Today, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Oahu Publications, Inc. v. Abercrombie....

The case involved three buildings near the shoreline on the Big Island....

This program will cover recent Hawaii case law, including the recent Hawaii Supreme Court decision regarding identifying the certified shoreline....

...from some of the reaction we're seeing, you might think the Imperial Japanese Navy was once again off of our fair shores....

Expansion of the scope may leave a slightly wider opening for challenge....

...the State Land Use Commission wrongfully amended the land use boundaries from urban to agriculture....

...acquiring properties in Honolulu to build Oahu's rail transit system could involve 'judicious' use of eminent domain....

...on one hand, the labeling requirement compels speech, while on the other, the prohibition on calling it natural suppresses speech....

...two bills proposed by Honolulu's mayor to address some difficult urban issues....

On June 13, 2014, the HAWSCT accepted cert in Oahu Publications, Inc., dba The Honolulu Advertiser v. Neil Abercrombie....

Here are the merits briefs in an important case set for argument later this month in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

The Big Island ordinance is now being challenged in Federal Court on a number of grounds (preemption, Commerce Clause, and takings)....

...In Kilakila O Haleakala v. University of Hawaii the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals rejected a challenge under Hawaii's environmental review statute....

...several members of the State of Hawaii Land Use Commission were sued by the property owner in their individual as well as official capacities....

It was on this day in 1984 that the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-0 decision in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff....

...the only thing standing between the bill and the rest of us is Governor Abercrombie's veto pen....

In Malulani Group, Ltd. v. Kaupo Ranch, Ltd., No. 30509 (May 5, 2014), the issue was whether the owner of a landlocked parcel could assert an easement....

...U.S. Supreme Court held that town council meetings could open with a prayer without violating the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause....

...may the challenger institute a quo warranto lawsuit in state circuit court?

...several of our law firm colleagues also are active bloggers in their respective fields...

Your first reaction may be "well, duh." But....

Mr. Thornton notes that the decision is one "of national importance for transit and highway projects" because....

...Judge A. Wallace Teshima’s truly final order in the case: the Order on Objection to Notice of Compliance, which coincidentally (or perhaps not) was issued on the same day (February 18, 2014) as the Ninth Circuit opinion....

Science. It's the darndest thing....

Yesterday, according to the coconut wireless, was the official last day on the Hawaii Supreme Court for Associate Justice Simeon Acoba....

Not only will the soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and their families be legally invisible, they might be really gone as well....

Looks like they're at it again, a solution in search of a problem....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has been on a roll lately....

On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie named Judge Michael D. Wilson as his nomination for associate justice to the Supreme Court....

...the panel held that the FTA and the City did not go wrong when it did not adopt the "Managed Lanes Alternative" or the "bus rapid transit" alternative....

The value of Pilaa beach, bay and reef includes use value, option value, commodity value, existence value, bequest value, cultural values, including value to indigenous people, and intrinsic value....