Entries for 'Court House News'

... the rules governing what can be built near the shore have been debated among developers, environmental advocates and fire survivors trying to rebuild their homes in Lahaina ....

... The victim in the case reported that Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....

"...The impacts to an endangered Hawaiian bee that moved into the redevelopment area were not included in previous environmental reviews...."

... Thirteen Democrat-led states can continue pursuing their lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of terminating multi-billion dollar clean energy programs without congressional approval ....

"...It was February 2023, and Professor Kenneth Lawson had something to say...."

... Hawaii enacted a default gun law requiring permission for carrying on private property after the Supreme Court upended the island’s tight firearm restrictions in 2022 ....

... the case turns on a distinction: The difference between genuine development and routine activities that were never meant to require permits ....

...A federal judge ruled Tuesday that claims Maui County operates streetlights that disorient and kill protected Hawaiian seabirds must go to trial....

... She was arrested anyway, taken to the station and blew a 0.140 on a breath test, well above the legal limit ....

... Why This Suit Will Fail: 2009 Supreme Court ruling shields Hawaiian Homelands and ceded lands revenue ....

... TikTok wants Hawaii’s state lawsuit accusing TikTok of deliberately addicting children dismissed, or at least moved to federal court ....

...whether Philip Morris can slash a lung cancer survivor’s damage by blaming her for becoming addicted to cigarettes....

...Both the Oahu First Circuit Court and the Intermediate Court of Appeals sided against him....

...Some labor groups also opposed the measure, arguing it could restrict unions’ political activity, though a proposed union carve-out was rejected in conference....

...The legislative session ends Friday, with a the corporate spending bill still hanging in the balance....

...A conference committee vote Tuesday advanced a measure that would let nieces and nephews inherit Hawaiian home leases....

... ruling against a conservative 'election integrity' foundation’s efforts for a list of the Aloha State’s registered voters ....

...A federal judge signaled he would allow some civil discovery to proceed in the government's bid to seize the late crime boss Michael Miske's $20 million fortune....

...a group of customers claimed the merger had increased flight costs and reduced services in violation of antitrust laws....

... The case over a banned pesticide used on banana plantations in Costa Rica has spanned thirty years and multiple courts ....

... A Ninth Circuit panel said a federal judge misinterpreted a key aviation liability law when tossing claims against an aircraft manufacturer named in a wrongful death lawsuit ....

... A federal judge signed off on payouts for 119 minors ....

...The plaintiffs argue that three executive orders focused on “unleashing” American energy are unconstitutional....

... A 1950 Supreme Court ruling prohibits service members from suing the federal government for injuries arising from military service ....

... The Hawaii Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection voted 2-2, leaving the recommendation to ban commercial aquarium fishing on Oahu unadopted ....

... the law only prohibited counseling conversations in one direction. It allowed conversations that push young people toward a gender identity different from their sex ....

... officials say past spills ended and sweeping fixes have made recurrence unlikely ....

...The court held that the U.S. Constitution and federal law preempts state claims arising from out-of-state and international greenhouse gas emissions....

... The federal suit, filed in the Northern District of California, hinges on guidance issued last year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ....

... With the administration seeking seven years' worth of detailed data from every U.S. university by next week, a coalition of states says student privacy and institutional funding are at risk ....

... Hawaiian Electric Industries was sued by investors who say it misrepresented steps the utility was taking to mitigate wildfire risks ....

... A class of roughly 100,000 former public employees returned to court in a case that has outlasted careers, mayoral terms and a chief justice ....

... OMB Director Russell Vought posted online that the Energy Department would be terminating “nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” ....

... lawmakers debated bills surrounding sports betting, legal rights for coral reefs and feral chickens, but an ongoing bribery investigation cast a shadow over the capitol ....

... a new proposed rule to require proof of U.S. citizenship or eligible status for every resident in HUD-funded housing, including “mixed status households” ....

... In anticipation of the high court’s ruling, big-name companies like Costco, Revlon and Bumble Bee Foods filed lawsuits in the U.S. Court of International Trade to secure tariff refunds for billions of dollars ....

... Green has two years to convince the feds to pay $10 billion for some of the most critical military training grounds in the Pacific ....

... The agreement orders Express Scripts to offer plan members the lowest available cost for medicine like insulin rather than artificially inflated prices ....

... Federal prosecutors couldn't make criminal bribery charges stick for a former Honolulu prosecutor and engineering firm executives, but civil versions of the claims may live to see another trial ....

... Donny Kadokawa is one of the key witnesses in Yasiel Puig's trial over charges the former MLB star lied to federal agents about his dealings with an illegal bookmaker ....

... Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....

... The court has already issued preliminary orders staying the courthouse arrest policies within ICE’s San Francisco area of responsibility, which covers Northern California, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands ....

... in the end, even lawyers didn't want this garbage case that fooled 'judge' Bissen ....

... Hawaii laws levy a general excise tax on accommodation bookings but the state insists Booking.com can't preemptively challenge the law before actually paying the tax ....

... the companies say Paxton is seeking to cash in due to a $700 million settlement agreement they reached with Hawaii ....

... Suppressors are outright banned in eight states including Hawai'i ....

... the Cruise Lines International Association and several Hawaii tour operators are asking for a preliminary injunction to block the law ....

... Isaiah McCoy, who exploited multiple victims including a minor, received life in prison in federal court, in a volatile sentencing hearing marked by his outbursts ....

... Linda Sun was formerly a high-ranking aide in New York’s government. Now, she and her husband face potential prison time ....

...attempt by Trump to curtail the agency’s programs and shift the burden of emergency management back to individual states, as it was before Katrina....