Here’s a follow up to last week’s story on the “sit-lie” and “don’t use the bathroom in public” ordinances now being considered by the Honolulu City Council (see “As Judge Kozinski Said, It’s A Sidewalk, Not A Sideseat Or A Sidebed“).
Today’s Star-Advertiser reports in “Sit-lie ban sought for all
Earlier, we posted the recording of the Ninth Circuit’s recent oral arguments in Bridge Aina Lea, LLC v. Chock, Nos. 12-15971, 12-16076, a case in which the court is considering whether State of Hawaii Land Use Commissioners have immunity from civil rights lawsuits, among other issues. The essence of the plaintiff’s allegations is that
ALI-CLE, the good folks who put on the annual programs on Eminent Domain and Land Valuation, and Condemnation 101: How to Prepare and Present an Eminent Domain Case, have announced the dates and venue for the 2015 conferences:
Thursday – Saturday, February 5-7, 2015
Hotel Nikko, in San Francisco.
Those
Here are two recent reports on the progress of the Honolulu rail project that should be read in-tandem:
Both stories are partially behind a paywall, but here’s
Remember that decision by a U.S. District Court in Tampa, Florida last year that we crowed about? The court held that a county’s “Right of Way Preservation Ordinance” which allows it to land bank for future road corridors by means of an exaction is “both coercive and confiscatory in nature and constitutionally
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Our thanks to Jacob Cremer for the heads-up on the Florida Court of Appeals’ decision in Ocean Palm Golf Club Partnership v. City of Flagler Beach, No. 5D12-4274 (May 30, 2014). Jacob did not post any analysis (undertstandable because his law firm is involved in the case) so we’ll add our two cents.
Update: more on the issue from the New York Times: “Honolulu Shores Up Tourism With Crackdown on Homeless.”
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Check out the headline story from today’s Honolulu Star-Advertiser, “Mayor’s sidealk strategy targets Waikiki homeless,” about two bills proposed by Honolulu’s mayor to address some difficult urban issues.
The first
Here are the merits briefs in an important case set for argument later this month in the Hawaii Supreme Court.
The litigation is a series of two lawsuits that originated in state court in the Third Circuit (Big Island), one an original jurisdiction civil rights lawsuit, the other an administrative appeal. The essence of the
The final words in most appellate oral arguments by the jurists are usually something along the lines of “we’ll let you know.” In Hawaii state courts, the Chief Justice signals you’re done with “we’ll take the case under advisement,” while in many federal courts, the presiding judge informs you “the case is submitted.” Or words