In “Blogs are not just for venting anymore,” Erika Engle’s “TheBuzz” column features four Damon Key attorneys who blog about the law: Mark Murakami, Robert Harris, Tred Eyerly, and me. Our firm is pretty “bloggish,” and between the four of us, we publish three law blogs. In addition to the
Court of Federal Claims Awards Compensation for Taking of Vested Water Rights
The speed of information on the internet sure is fast. I was preparing a post summarizing the recent Court of Federal Claims decision in Estate of Hage v. United States,No. 91-1470L (May 6, 2008), which awarded Nevadaproperty owners several million dollars in just compensation for the taking of theirvested water rights by the federal
Public Use/Kelo Round Up
Several items today with a common theme of eminent domain and public use –
- PropertyProf Blog posts a link to Professor Richard Epstein’s latest article, “Public Use in a Post-Kelo World.” I agree with Professor Barros’ recommendation: “Given the author, obviously a must-read for anyone interested in public use issues.”
- The Honolulu
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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:
- A May 2006 story about the case from
Amicus Brief: A State May Not Ban Navigation For Five Months Without Interfering With Federal Navigation Rights
Today my Damon Key colleagues Mark Murakami, Christi-Anne Kudo Chock, and I filed for the Ocean Tourism Coalition a brief amicus curiae (88kb pdf) in the US Supreme Court supporting the petition for writ of certiorari filed in UFO Chuting of Hawaii, Inc. v. Smith, No. 07-1427 (petition for cert. filed May 12
Hawaii Blog: Hawaii Firm Spotlights Legal Blogs
A little shameless self-promotion, as well as well-deserved recognition for my fellow Damon Key law bloggers Mark Murakami, Robert Harris and Tred Eyerly: Ryan Ozawa has posted a summary of our firm’s adventures in law blogging on his Hawaii Blog in the post “Hawaii Firm Spotlights Legal Blogs” —
Firm director
Honolulu Paper on Ceded Lands Case: “Hawaii Supreme Court ruling tampers with federalism”
Today’s editorial in the Honolulu Star Bulletin is about the “ceded lands” case:
Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled in January that a 1993 joint resolutionby Congress apologizing for the overthrow of the monarchy a centuryearlier requires that ceded lands be “preserved” until “a properfoundation for reconciliation between the United States and the nativeHawaiian people” is achieved.
More on Ceded Lands Cert Petition and Amicus Briefs
Today’s Honolulu Advertiser posts a story, “Bennett receives support on ceded lands,” about the amicus brief of 29 states supporting Hawaii’s request for US Supreme Court review of the “ceded lands” decision, Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. Housing and Community Dev. Corp. of Hawaii,117 Haw. 174, 177 P.3d 884 (Jan. 31, 2008).
More on Amicus Brief of 29 States in Ceded Lands Case
Today’s Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports “29 other state oppose ruling on ceded lands,” about the amicus brief filed by the State of Washington and 28 other states urging the US Supreme Court to review the decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court in Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. Housing and Community Dev. Corp. of Hawaii
Amicus Brief in Goldstein v. Pataki Eminent Domain Pretext Case
The Institute for Justice, the attorneys who represented Susette Kelo in Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), the decision in which the US Supreme Court held that economic development takings were not per se invalid, has filed a brief amicus curiae supporting the request for review in Goldstein v. Pataki