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Eminent domain abuse: County of Hawaii v. Richards, No. 28882 (HAWSCT)
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Ohana Kauai Property Tax merits brief (HAWSCT)
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In Robertson v Audubon Society, environmental groups sued to prevent logging in old growth forests. Congress passed legislation addressing the lawsuits by name. Supreme Court held it was a permissible change in law, not directing results under old law.
Posted by: Charley Foster | December 18, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Bulgo v. Maui County, 430 P.2d 321, 50 Hawai'i 51 (1967)), involved legislation that enabled Maui County to replace a member of the board of supervisors who had died after his election but before the start of the term.
As with Act 2, it was patently obvious that the legalisation was drafted to apply to the particular situation in Maui County. In fact, by its terms, the legislation could only ever apply to that one situation. Nevertheless, the court ruled that so long as the law is couched in general terms applying to a class rather than a particular (in this instance) county, then it was general legislation and therefore constitutional.
Posted by: Charley Foster | December 18, 2008 at 11:36 AM
So, according to Bulgo, it's ok to violate the intent of the law?
Posted by: Jesse | December 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Robert,
How do we get this Cover it Live to scroll down?
Brad
Posted by: Mauibrad | December 18, 2008 at 06:06 PM
Brad,
I think I fixed it -- the scroll bar was covered up on the right side. Let me know if you don't see the scroll bar, or if there are other issues.
Robert
Posted by: Robert Thomas | December 18, 2008 at 07:37 PM