2012

12.WATHIThere is still time to join us for the upcoming Hawaii Water Law conference, to be held in Honolulu on January 11, 2012. I am the planning co-chair along with Jesse Souki, Director of the State of Hawaii Office of Planning.

In addition to Jesse and me, we’ve assembled a diverse and talented

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).

  • To satisfy the one-person-one-vote

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

AFBF-annual
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:

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Here’s what we’re reading today:

  • Blight barons of redevelopment plot comeback – Steven Greenhut (O.C. Register): “As of February, anyway, redevelopment is dead in California, the victim of an absurdly arrogant legal and political strategy pursued by redevelopment’s chief defenders. This is wonderful news, made even better by the teeth-gnashing of public officials

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