At 10:00 a.m. HST (3 p.m. EST, noon PST), the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a case we’ve been following that involves federal regulatory takings claims, Williamson County ripeness, the practical effect of the Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision in GATRI v. Blane, 88 Haw. 108, 962 P.2d 367 (1998) regarding zoning and planning for land in the Special Management Area.
Leone v. County of Maui, No. 2969 is a case that has U.S. Supreme Court potential if the Hawaii courts don’t get it right and is definitely one to watch.
We will be live blogging the arguments starting at about 9:55 a.m. Joining me will be my Damon Key colleague Mark Murakami. We will post a full summary of the case and a set of the briefs before then.
Disclosure: we filed an amicus brief supporting the property owners in this case, available here.