On January 6, 2011, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued two opinions in the reapportionment challenges, Solomon v. Abercrombie, No. SCPW-11-0000732, and Matsukawa v. Hawaii, No. SCPW-11-000074. Here’s a summary, as well as some thoughts on the court’s rulings (as far as we can tell, the two opinions are identical).
In Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. Dep’t of Environmental Protection, No. 2D11-2797 (Dec. 30, 2011), the Florida District Court of Appeal (Second District) held that land owned by the Miccosukee Tribe was not immune from being condemned by the State o Florida.
The tribe purchased three parcels but did not immediately take
On Monday, January 9, 2012, I’ll be speaking to my American Farm Bureau Federation colleagues, who are in town for the AFBF annual meeting.
The title of my presentation is “Agriculture and Property Rights: Why Hawaii Matters.” I’ll be talking water rights, GMO, right-to-farm, eminent domain, and other issues to the lawyers who represent
On January 6, 2011, the Hawaii Supreme Court issued two opinions in the Big Island reapportionment cases, Solomon v. Abercrombie, No. SCPW-11-0000732, and Matsukawa v. Hawaii, No. SCPW-11-0000741.
Here (and below) is the opinion in Solomon v. Abercombie (the opinion in the other case is identical).
Here is the oral argument:
Stream it
Here’s what we’re reading today:
The Hawaii Supreme Court has issued its opinion in the redistricting cases. Here it is.
More to come after a chance to digest it.
Here is the oral argument:
Stream it above or download it here. Our live blog of the oral argument is here.
No one exiting the Hawaii Supreme Court courtroom yesterday after oral arguments in the redistricting cases (live blog archive here) should have had much doubt about what the court was going to do: it was quite clear it would invalidate the Hawaii Reapportionment Commission’s recent efforts at districting and divvying up the seats in
If our tech cooperates, on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, starting at 9:00 a.m., we’ll be live blogging the Hawaii Supreme Court oral arguments in the Big Island reapportionment cases, Solomon v. Abercrombie, No. SCPW-11-0000732, and Matsukawa v. Hawaii, No. SCPW-11-0000741. These are original jurisdiction mandamus actions.
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California followers: be sure to register and join in on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, starting at 2:00 p.m. PST as Rick Rayl, Brad Kuhn (California Eminent Domain Report) and their firm colleagues present a webinar, “Supreme Court Upholds Elimination of Redevelopment in California – Now What?“
This, of course, refers to
Today was the Hawaii premiere of Battle For Brooklyn, the Oscar-shortlisted documentary film about the Atlantic Yards case. We’re introducing the film and conducting a question-and-answer session after each showing.
Screening information: Tuesday and Wednesday, January 3 and 4, at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. each day at the Doris Duke Theater. More