Hat tip to Supreme Court of Hawaii Blog for posting a Maui County press release announcing that on December 17, 2007, the US District Court for the District of Hawaii dismissed, for failure to state a claim, most of the allegations in the lawsuit by the Maui Vacation Rental Association. The Maui News reports the story here, and Jesse Souki amalgamates his posts on the case at his Hawaii Land Use Law blog here.
Failure to state a claim means either that a cause of action alleged by the plaintiff is not recognized, or, more commonly, that the plaintiff failed to properly plead an essential element of her legal claim.
Here’s the court’s summary order. When the court issues its full written order, we’ll post it.