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Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Judge Sam King: A Memoir
By News Release @ 4:49 PM :: 7397 Views :: Hawaii History, Judiciary, Republican Party
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In his half-century on the bench, he presided over some of the most sensational of Hawai‘i’s organized crime trials, and he upheld the 1967 Hawai‘i Land Reform Act that shifted property ownership in Hawai‘i from large trusts to ordinary citizens....
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Saturday, October 26, 2013 |
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Judiciary Committee to Consider Poelman Nomination
By News Release @ 8:11 PM :: 8488 Views :: Maui County, Judiciary
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Lloyd A. Poelman as judge of the District Court of the Second Circuit....
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Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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Judicial Selection Commission Announces Vacancy and Three Petitions for Retention
By News Release @ 10:53 PM :: 4409 Views :: Judiciary
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Vacancy: District Family Judge, District Family Court of the Third Circuit
Retention: Nakamura, DelRosario, Border
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Monday, October 21, 2013 |
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Court Orders Abercrombie Admin to Pay Lawyers who Forced him to Reveal Names of Judicial Nominees
By Robert Thomas @ 10:32 PM :: 6014 Views :: First Amendment, Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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Remember the case from late last year in which the Honolulu Star-Advertiser brought a freedom of information/open records lawsuit against the Hawaii governor to force him to disclose the names of judicial nominees?
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii Scores 'C' for Jail Diversion of Mentally Ill
By News Release @ 2:29 PM :: 9242 Views :: Health Care, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Fewer than half the U.S. population lives in communities where the most basic methods of diverting people with severe mental illness from the criminal justice system are being used....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Navy Yard Shooting: Failure of Mental Health Care System
By Selected News Articles @ 1:25 PM :: 8907 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness, Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment
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Approximately half of mass shootings are caused by individuals with untreated severe mental illness....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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Accused Child Molester Ran Mortgage Scam from Restaurant Row Office
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 9941 Views :: Judiciary
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Hawaii's attorney general wants to enjoin four people he says are practicing law illegally and operating a fraudulent mortgage-relief scheme in the state....
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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Public Comment Open on Maui District Court Nominees
By News Release @ 2:22 PM :: 4132 Views :: Judiciary
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Comments must be post-marked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered no later than Monday, September 30, 2013....
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013 |
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Video: Roger Epstein talks with Grassroot Institute
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:46 PM :: 5817 Views :: Development, Judiciary
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Roger Epstein, senior partner of Cades Schutte Law Firm, talks with Dr. Keli’i Akina about Hawaii as a center for global transformation....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Eight Years of InverseCondemnation
By Robert Thomas @ 3:16 PM :: 4611 Views :: Judiciary
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... I'd like to hail my fellow law bloggers who, like me, make the time to share thoughts about the legal issues of the day ....
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Thursday, September 5, 2013 |
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 |
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Deedy jury foreman: Deadlocked 8-4 for Acquittal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:17 PM :: 11153 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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He said it would not have necessarily been easier to convict Deedy of the lesser manslaughter charge....
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Friday, August 16, 2013 |
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Judicial Selection Commission Seeks Supreme Court Nominees
By News Release @ 3:23 AM :: 4230 Views :: Judiciary
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Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations to fill the following anticipated judicial vacancy: Associate Justice, Supreme Court
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Saturday, August 3, 2013 |
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Ashford Nomination Challenged on Ethics
By Andrew Walden @ 6:20 PM :: 8198 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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The ethical response is to try again, not to proceed in violation of Hawaii law and court rules....
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 |
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Malpractice: Trial Attorneys Take on Negligent Abortionists
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 6238 Views :: Family, Health Care, Judiciary
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“Botched Abortion” project designed to hold abortionists accountable for medical malpractice....
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Saturday, June 29, 2013 |
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Premature Action: 9th Circuit Illegally Allows Gay Marriages to Begin
By News Release @ 7:06 PM :: 5596 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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The legal team defending California’s marriage amendment filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday to vacate a premature order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued Friday....
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Thursday, June 20, 2013 |
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Pilot project reducing institutional placement of at-risk youths
By News Release @ 6:08 AM :: 5663 Views :: Higher Education, Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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There are currently nine youths between the ages of 13-17 in the Wrap Hawai‘i pilot program....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Appeals Court Thwarts State's Massive Land Grab
By Robert Thomas @ 8:06 PM :: 7128 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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the State of Hawaii's attempted land grab would have undermined the sanctity of all Land Court titles....
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Friday, June 14, 2013 |
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JSC Announces Nominees for 1st Circuit Court
By News Release @ 7:20 PM :: 4054 Views :: Judiciary
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The Chief Justice, with the consent of the Senate, shall fill a vacancy in the district courts....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Honolulu Muslim Leader Accuses Radical Muslim of Two Local Attacks
By Andrew Walden @ 2:12 AM :: 14181 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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Will Hawaii’s soft-on-crime Judiciary allow an insanity plea to a Muslim claiming a religious justification for acts of violence or terrorism?
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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Former Hawaii Judge Suspended for 'Misappropriation of Client Money'
By Selected News Articles @ 9:32 PM :: 6433 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Marjorie Manuia was appointed a part-time district judge in 1982 and served two terms as a Family Court district judge from 1984 to 1996....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Stanley Chang Suspended by Bar Association
By Andrew Walden @ 11:41 PM :: 12028 Views :: Judiciary, Politicians
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Honolulu Councilmember and Congressional candidate Stanley Chang has lost his right to practice law in Hawaii....
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
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Is Anyone On The Hook If a Volcano Gawker Ends Up In Trouble?
By Robert Thomas @ 10:16 PM :: 5261 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Judiciary
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...the signs are treated by visitors less as warnings and more as centerpieces of funny photographs to show the folks back home....
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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Aloha Tower Case Tests 'Private Attorney General' Before Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 10:02 PM :: 5564 Views :: Development, Judiciary
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Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., the Hawaii Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Aloha Tower Dev. Corp. v. State of Hawaii....
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Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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Lodestar: Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Fees in Rail Iwi Case
By Robert Thomas @ 10:16 AM :: 8714 Views :: Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Rail
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the "private attorney general" doctrine...allows a prevailing party to recover fees and costs....
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
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Foreclosed Homeowners Sue 32 Hawaii Judges
By Selected News Articles @ 10:17 AM :: 7100 Views :: Ethics, Development, Judiciary
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Fuchs claims that Judge Ayabe's wife did legal work for three of Fuchs's adversaries in the foreclosure case....
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Friday, April 19, 2013 |
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Derrick Kahala Watson: Senate Confirms New Honolulu Federal Judge
By Selected News Articles @ 4:36 PM :: 4727 Views :: Judiciary
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Watson will be the only Native Hawaiian serving as an Article III judge ....
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Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
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Property Seized by Mayor: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Guam Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:15 AM :: 5583 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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...the case seemed like a good vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the pretext-in-eminent-domain issue it teased us with in Kelo....
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Friday, April 12, 2013 |
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“Let ‘Em Eat Cake” Comes to Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 1:03 PM :: 6440 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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"Can it be that the idiots who evidently run the Hawaii Business magazine have never heard about the principle that statutes have to be constitutional?"
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Land Use: Making an Environment for Those With Means
By Robert Thomas @ 1:05 PM :: 11150 Views :: Environment, Development, Judiciary, Land Use, Cost of Living
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...Others can live in Hong Kong-style apartments so I can enjoy my place in the country....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
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Application Deadline to Serve on State Ethics and Campaign Spending Commissions is March 31
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 5916 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary
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Ethics Commission applicants will either fill a four-year term or an unexpired term that ends on June 30, 2014. The vacancy on the Campaign Spending Commission is for a full, four-year term....
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
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ICA Hears Case Challenging State Ownership of Mineral, Geothermal Rights
By Robert Thomas @ 4:09 AM :: 7573 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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HAWICA Appeal: Is A Mineral Right An Inherent Servitude, Or Must It Be Reflected In ‘Torrens Title’?
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Friday, March 15, 2013 |
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UH Federalist Society: "Litigating for Liberty: Non-traditional Public Interest Law."
By Robert Thomas @ 1:34 PM :: 6276 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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Scott Bullock, the Institute for Justice lawyer who argued Kelo will be speaking next Monday at the University of Hawaii School of Law ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 |
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Enviro Lawyers Off Target With Criticism Of Callies, Says Callies
By Robert Thomas @ 4:33 PM :: 8015 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, Land Use
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...the environmental lawyers upped the ante by calling Callies a liar and a sell-out....
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Friday, March 1, 2013 |
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Sakai: Misconduct Investigation Underway After Latest Prisoner Escape
By News Release @ 11:33 AM :: 6511 Views :: Judiciary, Law Enforcement
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...it was noted that no one in that van had leg shackles on....
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 |
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Antolini vs Callies: Moon Court Favored Public Participation, not Environmentalists
By Robert Thomas @ 7:47 PM :: 7465 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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...the court's environmental jurisprudence wasn't so much focused on outcome, but rather on process....
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Monday, February 11, 2013 |
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Chief Justice Delivers State of Judiciary through Social Media and Releases Strategic Plan
By Video @ 2:40 PM :: 4522 Views :: Judiciary
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...Recktenwald delivered his biennial State of the Judiciary address on the Judiciary’s new YouTube channel....
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 |
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Upcoming Hawaii Appellate Arguments Of Interest
By Robert Thomas @ 9:31 PM :: 3777 Views :: Judiciary
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The oral argument calendar of the Hawaii Supreme Court looks pretty interesting....
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013 |
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The Empire Strikes Back: Reaction To UH Lawprof's Study Of Success Rates In Hawaii Supreme Court Cases
By Robert Thomas @ 12:56 AM :: 8930 Views :: Environment, Development, Judiciary
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...the good professor labeled the record of the 1993-2010 Hawaii Supreme Court on property issues "appalling," so it should come as no surprise that two of the beneficiaries of those rulings have now rallied to that court's defense....
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Friday, January 18, 2013 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court to Hear Another Shoreline Case
By Robert Thomas @ 9:34 PM :: 6949 Views :: Judiciary, Land Use
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The Hawaii Supreme Court has accepted certiorari and agreed to review the Intermediate Court of Appeals' unpublished memorandum opinion in Diamond v. Dobbin....
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |
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Pretextural Takings: Will Supreme Court Hear Guam Case?
By Robert Thomas @ 7:07 PM :: 8273 Views :: National News, Judiciary, Land Use
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NFIB, CATO Instiutute, Owners' Counsel of America, and lawprofs James Ely, David Callies, Todd Zywicki, Randy Barnett, Eric Claeys, and D. Benjamin Barros -- have filed an amicus brief ....
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Friday, January 4, 2013 |
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Sierra Club Koa Ridge Challenge
By Robert Thomas @ 4:10 PM :: 9999 Views :: Environment, Judiciary, Land Use
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Intermediate Court of Appeals held that the Hawaii Senate's failure to confirm a sitting Land Use Commissioner for a second term did not disqualify him from office ....
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Thursday, January 3, 2013 |
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Private Attorney General? Hawaii ICA Says 'No'
By Robert Thomas @ 10:41 PM :: 5640 Views :: Judiciary
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In 2009, in the "Superferry" case, the Hawaii Supreme Court, after years of hinting (but not finding a suitable vehicle), formally adopted the "private attorney general' doctrine ....
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Monday, December 31, 2012 |
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Governor Appoints Annelle Amaral to Hawaii Paroling Authority
By News Release @ 8:59 PM :: 9481 Views :: Judiciary, Justice Reinvestment, Law Enforcement
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The interim appointment fills a new seat in compliance with Act 139 of the 2012 Legislature, which increased Hawaii Paroling Authority members from three to five.
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Friday, December 28, 2012 |
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Governor Appoints Judge Dean Ochiai to First Circuit Court
By News Release @ 6:50 PM :: 5769 Views :: Judiciary
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Judge Ochiai, 57, will fill a vacancy left by Judge Richard Pollack, who became Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
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Souza Appointed Oahu District Family Court Judge
By News Release @ 5:41 PM :: 5905 Views :: Judiciary
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Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald today appointed Kevin A. Souza to the District Family Court of the First Circuit (Oahu).
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Sunday, December 23, 2012 |
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Two Hawaii Supreme Court Cases to Watch
By Robert Thomas @ 3:35 PM :: 8031 Views :: Ethics, Judiciary, Land Use
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- Blake v. County of Kauai Planning Comm'n,
- Kanahele v. Maui County Council
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Monday, August 27, 2012 |
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Enviros win 90% in Hawaii Supreme Court
By Robert Thomas @ 5:43 PM :: 20885 Views :: Environment, Development, Hawaii Statistics, Judiciary, Land Use
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...the Hawaii Supreme Court "has managed to find in favor of Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Earthjustice ... 90% of the time, 70% of those decisions overturning the [Hawaii] Intermediate Court of Appeals....
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