A Lahaina business owner has sued the County of Maui in federal court in Honolulu. In Goo v. County of Maui, CV 08-00172 DAE (filed Apr. 17, 2008), the Complaint alleges the County and Planning Department officials drove the International Open Market Place, a gift and craft fair, out of business by deliberately favoring a use prohibited under the zoning (a bank/credit union) over uses permitted under the zoning (plaintiff’s business).
The plaintiff also brings federal constitutional claims as well as claims for civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and a Monell “deliberate indifference” theory. The Complaint is posted here.