The US Supreme Court has issued a unanimous opinion in Sole v. Wyner (No. 06-531) (docket listing here), a case involving whether a party who obtains a preliminary injunction — but ultimately loses the case on the merits — can be a “prevailing party” entitled to civil rights attorneys fees. The Court, in an
June 2007
▪ HAWSCT: New Case on Administrative Procedures in Conditional Use Permit Challenges
By Robert H. Thomas on
In Citizens Against Reckless Development v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of the City and County of Honolulu (No. 27264, May 31, 2007), the Hawaii Supreme Court clarified the administrative procedures to be used in third-party challenges to the issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). I haven’t had a chance to digest the opinion in…