In a cert decision issued today in Wailuku Agribusiness Co., Inc. v. Ah Sam (No. 25930, Mar. 30, 2007), Supreme Court of Hawaii set forth the legal requirements for adverse possession in situations where there may be cotenants on the property claimed to have been adversely possessed.
I won’t get into the facts of
My thanks to Walt Harvey at Grassroot Institute of Hawaii for posting a very kind review of my work and this blog in Grass in Review:
When Robert is not wearing his private property ‘Superman’ suit he’s apracticing attorney with Damon, Key, Leong, Kupchak & Hastert andhas been selected by his peers to be
The podcast of Jay Fidell’s most recent ThinkTech program at Hawaii Public Radio (KIPO FM89.3) has some interesting bits on the developing concept of private property ownership in the People’s Republic of China, and Wu Ping’s (hopefully not last) stand.
Perhaps experience is demonstrating that Locke’s principles have merit, and that protection of property
There’s still time to register for Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law, to be held on April 5, in Honolulu. Details, including the complete agenda and registration form are here.
I’ll be leading a session on “Appealing an Administrative Zoning Decision,” in which we will go over the ins-and-outs of taking
Check out this AP photo and the accompanying story “China’s ‘stubborn nail’ stands firm” —
Reminds me of the Warner Bros. classic “Homeless Hare,” where Bugs Bunny objects to a developer’s efforts to evict him from his hole: “Hey ya big gorilla, didn’t you ever hear about the sanctity of the American home
An interesting decision from the Kansas federal district court, Mount St. Scholastica, Inc. v. City of Atchison, No. 06-2208-CM (Mar. 12, 2007), contains a land use trifecta: historic preservation, religious objections to a denial of a permit, and regulatory takings. (No link yet to opinion, which currently is only available via Westlaw; email me
Steven Greenhut’s opinion piece at the Orange County Register, “The powerless have always been targets of eminent domain,” makes some good points about eminent domain abuse, and the recently-argued Wilkie case (regarding the right to be free from government retailition for defending a Fifth Amendment right), and is worth reading:
“Cities use code
Martin Kasindorf at USA Today has written a story Land-use debate ugly in paradise about the competing sides about a proposed development on Molokai:
“There is trouble in paradise,” says Annie VanEps, 59, an art gallery manager who moved from California five yearsago. “This has split our island. Can’t we have one island that’s notdeveloped?”
Which issue is more important when it comes to utilizing scarce federal judicial resources:
While Tribe said he sensed the justices were sympathetic to his Fifth Amendment argument, they were wary of creating new ways to sue government employees.
“There is a considerable amount of hostility for the possibility of opening up the floodgates of litigation against government officials,&rdquo