For those not familiar with appellate oral arguments, here’s a short primer/FAQ:
Why oral argument? – Appellate oral argument has been described as the Court’s “conversationwith counsel” about the case and the law. Oral argument can illuminatelegal or logical problems not evident from the briefs and which may nototherwise be discovered, distill arguments by testing
The State has filed the final brief in the “ceded lands” case, Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, No. 07-1372 (cert.granted Oct. 1, 2008), available here. The State argues that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ (and a majority of its amici’s) argument urging the Court to dismiss certiorari are “as baseless now as
In the winter, everywhere else has “snow days.”
But Hawaii — obviously — has not.
We have “windy days.” Very windy days.
Today is one of those days.
Schools closed. Sporting events canceled. People evacuated. Even the state courts are shuttered.
But we’re here, and through whatever today’s weather may bring, we’re
Thanks to everyonefor your patience while our tech people worked through our email issues. You can resume sending email to us at hawaiilawyer.com.
Yet another year has comeand gone — our third at this blog, — so it’s time to start off ourannual summary of the past year’s highlights (or lowlights, dependingon your point of view) in land use law and other topics covered oninversecondemnation.com.
It was mostly a year of incrementaldoctrinal shifts, with a couple of sea
For those of you stuck in the office today, a contest: I’ll send to the first three people who email me today their very own “limited edition” of my firm’s just-released extra-large, cobalt blue coffee mug, shown below.
(Don’t forget to include your name and postal address in your email.)
A happy and safe holiday
Here are all the inversecondemnation.com posts on the second appeal in the “Hawaii Superferry” case, Sierra Club v. Dep’t of Trans., No. 29035.
Starts at 8:45 a.m. Go here.
