Entries for 'Robert Thomas'

...city officials feel they have been given the green light to get the project finished, whatever the eventual cost might be....

...looking for the "real" motive behind a government action seems an awful lot alike to us? Our old friend, pretext in eminent domain....

...when it is mailed by the appellant, or when received by the Board of Registration Appeals....

...the University of Hawaii Law Review is devoting one of its issues to a symposium on issues related to the sharing economy....

The State of Hawaii Attorney General is looking for a Deputy Solicitor General....

... the parcel is zoned "Hotel" but is designated on the Community Plan as "park" ....

...Writ to Watch: Hyland v. Gonzales....

...the court also issued a writ of execution, ordering the local branches of the banks in which the CNMI government kept its cash to deliver "all monies and proceeds" to the property owner's lawyer....

...limiting voting on certain constitutional amendments to a "person who is a citizen or national of the United States and who is of at least one-quarter Northern Marianas Chamorro or Northern Marianas Carolinian blood...."

...a case to watch being argued next week in the Hawaii Supreme Court....

...Oral arguments in the case are set for January 19, 2017....

...holdovers from the legacy economy -- the owners of city-issued taxi medallions and permits -- did not have their property taken when the city allowed ridesharing services to operate....

Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at Aliiolani Hale....

The mayor and county council hired a lawyer who did not have an engineering degree -- only a bachelors with a major in English and a minor in Hawaiian studies, plus a JD....

... the "compensation culture" ....

...the County of Kauai is condemning several Hanalei-area parcels to expand an adjacent public beach park....

HAWICA Rejects Planning Department's Formalistic Definition Of "Applicant" In Vacation Rental Case....