Administrative law

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Hawaii News Now came calling yesterday, looking for commentary about the latest in the case challenging the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope on the Big Island’s Mauna Kea. We obliged.  

As you know, we’ve been following the case. It’s already been up to the Hawaii Supreme Court, which

The issue determined by the Texas Supreme Court in In re Lazy W District No. 1, No. 15-0117 (May 27, 2016), was whether — in a case where one governmental entity is trying to condemn another governmental entity’s property — the trial court must resolve the power to take issue before or after the

This just in. The Court, in an opinion authored by Chief Justice Roberts:

The Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into “the waters of the United States.” 33 U. S. C. §§1311(a), 1362(7), (12). Because it can be difficult to determine whether a particular parcel of property contains such waters, the U. S.

More on that case we reported on earlier this week, recently argued at the Hawaii Supreme Court:

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“Mistakes Were Made”

During last week’s oral arguments (also streaming below) in Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago, No. SCWC 14-0001313 (May 18, 2016) — arguments that ran nearly 50% over the scheduled one hour length — the justices of the Hawaii Supreme Court appeared to be searching for a practical answer to the

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If there’s one thing that makes lawyers sit bolt upright in a sweat at 3 am, it’s the prospect of missing a jurisdictional deadline. A statute of limitations, a notice of appeal. Come on, you know you’ve been there. Keep your carrier’s number on speed

A good story for your weekend reading from the Los Angeles Times, “U2’s The Edge and his decade-long fight to build on a pristine Malibu hillside,” about the rock guitarist’s decade-long effort to build his dream home compound in the exclusive coastal town. Running smack dab in to the California Coastal Commission

In this order, the Hawaii Supreme Court agreed to review (“accepted certiorari” in the local appellate lingo) the Intermediate Court of Appeals’ opinion in Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago, No. CAAP-14-0001313 (Dec. 18, 2015). That decision answered in part the often elusive question of “what is an agency ‘rule’ that triggers the rulemaking

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Here’s the latest on a takings case that is winding its way through the U.S. District Court in Honolulu. Yes, you read that right: a takings case being litigated in federal court.

Intrigued? Read on. 

We’ve covered this case and the related state court litigation several times here before, so this isn’t entirely unfamiliar ground. This

Are you a lawyer and need something to do for the next 6-12 months? Want to make a recommendation to the Department of Land and Natural Resources about whether it should issue a Conservation District Use Permit to the Thirty Meter Telescope project on the top of the Big Island’s Mauna Kea? Want your decision