Apropos of nothing relating to the usual topics of this blog is this view from my office window a few minutes ago. But I thought I would share it anyway.

In Bair v. United States, No. 2007-5049 (Feb. 5, 2008), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a federal statute that effectively wiped out liens possessed by beet growers  was not a taking.  The court held that the liens — which all parties admitted were recognized by state law —…

My Damon Key colleagues Robert Harris and Tred Eyerly are publishing a blog (or is that “blawg?”) on Hawaii insurance law issues which is named, appropriately enough, Insurance Law Hawaii. 

Robert and Tred can be found at www.insurancelawhawaii.com.  Pay a visit, say hello, and subscribe to their RSS feed.

Another year has come and gone.  In Hawaii, two of the hottest “landuse” related topics in the public arena remain public beach access andtransient vacation rentals.  Yet, there wasn’t much to report in theway of developments in the law in these areas, as the courts did notaddress these issues directly in any decisions.   Nor were…

Some takeaway points:

• The definition of “shoreline” in the Coastal Zone Management Act –while it may be based on, and similar to the common law boundarybetween public and private property — does not define the location ofthe public beach. It is merely the baseline from which the shorelinesetback (the “no-build” zone on beachfront lots). The

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Here is a collection of all the inversecondemnation.com posts on the Hawaii Superferry litigation:

Case documents —

• Hawaii Supreme Court opinion

• Briefs of the parties

• Oral argument recording (mp3)

Commentary and analysis —

• 9th Circuit: No First Amendment, NEPA Violation in Kauai Superferry Protest

• “Drawbridge Protectionism,” the Superferry EA/EIS, Raindrops, and Floods

• Superferry EIS Case

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The Wall Street Journal (Sep. 1, 2007)

This Side of Paradise

By MALIA ZIMMERMAN
September 1, 2007; Page A6

KAUAI, Hawaii — The island of Kauai has long been a magnet for visitors from the mainland as well as the main island. With white sand beaches and turquoise blue water, the island on the northern…