Following up on this post, where we pointed out several errors in a headline and subheadline in a Honolulu Star-Bulletin story on the Hawaii Supreme Court’s landmark eminent domain decision in County of Hawaii v. C & J Coupe Family Limited Partnership, No. 28882 (Dec. 24, 2008), the Star-Bulletin has posted corrections and clarifications, here:
» A lawsuit remains active by members of the Coupe family in Kona,seeking to block county condemnation of part of their land for ahighway near the Hokulia development. A Page 4 headline in the Hawaiisection Saturday said the suit was dismissed by the state SupremeCourt. Also, future hearings on the case will not involve ethicalallegations, as was stated in a subheadline on the same story.
While still not 100% accurate — the County of Hawaii instituted the lawsuits against the property owners, not the other way around — it’s heartening to see that the Star-Bulletin’s reporters and editors are paying attention and care about accurate reporting enough to clarify two very complex cases that many lawyers would have a hard time getting right in a few paragraphs.