Another reminder: tomorrow morning, the “Hawaii Superferry” litigation is back in the Hawaii Supreme Court Round 2, with oral arguments scheduledto commence at 9 a.m. I’ll be attending the arguments, and technology and typing skills permitting, live blogging it.
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When must a landowner challenge a land use regulation she claims illegally impact her property? Talk to a lawyer, and they’re usually going to say that you should act sooner than later, and often the time limitations are very short. Under California law, for example, facial challenges to a zoning ordinance must be brought within
The State of Washington, along with 31 others have filed an amicus brief in support of the State of Hawaii in the ceded lands case (available here) which argues:
The amicus curiae states are deeply concerned with the lower court’s conclusion that the Apology Resolution creates or recognizes claims that cloud the title to
The case that would not go away, the “Hawaii Superferry” litigation, is back in the Hawaii Supreme Court this week for Round 2, with oral arguments scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday, December 18, 2008. The Court generally allocates 1/2 hour per side, for a total of one hour of argument (which may be extended
The Hawaii Supreme Court today issued an opinion in the case involving holdover University of Hawaii Regents, Hanabusa v. Lingle, No. 29391, posted here.
A “SLAPP suit” is a “strategic lawsuit against publicparticipation,” and many states have anti-SLAPP suit statutes designed to thwartretaliatory lawsuits that may chill the public’s willingness to exerciseFirst Amendment rights. For example, California’s statute definesSLAPP suits as:
lawsuits brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition
An interesting op-ed piece in Sunday’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin, “Thank zoning laws for your peaceful home,” extols the virtues of zoning:
It has now been more than 85 years since the residents and city councilof the little village of Euclid, Ohio, found that their quietneighborhoods, where their children played, where they walked theirdogs
Ever wished you’d have the chance to sit down over a cup of coffee and talk one-on-one with an expert in his or her area of law, especially our favorite topic, Land Use Law? Well, here’s your chance to come awfully close to that, for a cost that’s well below the usual hourly rates attorneys
