The Supreme Court of Hawaii has scheduled oral arguments in County of Hawaii v. Richards,No. 28882, the consolidated appeal from two eminent domain lawsuitsfiled by the County in 2000 and 2005. The issues in the case include:
The property owner has filed its brief in oppositionto the County of Maui’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s recent decision in the federal court challenge to the County’s 40-50% affordable housing exaction, Kamaole Pointe Development LP v. County of Maui, No. 07-00447 DAE. We wrote about the case earlier here (contains a
A noteworthy case from the North Carolina Court of Appeals about the limits of Euclidean zoning. Although the decision was issued in March 2008, it seems no one else has posted on the case, so we will.
In City of Wilmington v. Hill, 657 S.E.2d 670 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008), the court struck
The County of Maui has asked the federal court to reconsider its recent order granting in part and denying in part the County’s summary judgment motion. A Maui property owner challenged the County’s “workforce housing” exaction ordinance, which requires a property owner to commit 40% to 50% of the unitsin most new housing developments to
Relying on Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank, 473 U.S. 172 (1985), the US District Court for the District of Hawaii today denied a property owner’s motion for summary judgment in a case challenging the County of Maui’s “workforce housing” exaction ordinance. Kamaole Pointe Development LP v. County of Maui, No.
Today we filed the Reply Brief (925kb pdf) in Maui Vacation Rental Association, Inc. v. County of Maui, No. 08-15251, the Ninth Circuit appeal from the Hawaii district court’s dismissal of MVRA‘s complaint which sought to declare Maui’s shut down of vacation rentals illegal.
I won’t go into the details, since the Reply
Yesterday, we filed the Reply Brief in Kauai Springs‘ appeal from the January 2007 decision by the Kauai Planning Commission to deny three zoning permits to the small, Kauai-family-owned water bottling company.
For more information about the case, here are some links to earlier media coverage:
The County of Maui has filed its Answering Brief in Maui Vacation Rental Association, Inc. v. County of Maui, No. 08-15251, the Ninth Circuit appeal from the Hawaii district court’s dismissal of MVRA‘s complaint which sought to declare Maui’s shut down of vacation rentals illegal.
Our Opening Brief for MVRA is posted here
Today, we filed the Reply Brief for the property owner in County of Hawaii v. Richards,No. 28882, the consolidated appeal from two eminent domain lawsuitsfiled by the County in 2000 and 2005. I won’t go into detail about the arguments and will let the brief speak for itself since I am part of thelegal