Entries for 'Court House News'

... The ruling is a surprising shift in former Mitsunaga & Associates employee Laurel Mau’s favor, after a long-running legal battle that dates back more than a decade ....

... a case testing manufacturer immunity under a 1994 federal law ....

... Aloha State gun owners argue Hawaii’s regulations on concealed handguns mirror the New York law that the high court shot down three years ago ....

... Kobayashi found that these disputes over material facts cannot be resolved without a full trial ....

... Hawaii joins a 16-state lawsuit filed Friday in an effort to keep transsexualizing your children ....

... Courts previously allowed the Navy a yearlong stay in the case ....

... Kaiser workers in Hawaii joined three other Pacific states in voting for a strike, citing unsafe staffing levels and wage disparities with mainland counterparts ....

...Trump attempted in a March executive order to implement a proof of citizenship requirement for voting and ban mail-in ballots received after Election Day....

... drive-by shootings and armed robberies as part of the notorious Miske Enterprise ....

... A federal judge opted to add more years onto the correctional officer's sentence than the "shockingly low" two to three years recommended by federal guidelines....

... A federal judge is deciding whether the U.S. Navy should be held liable for 543 Clean Water Act violations at its Red Hill fuel facility ....

"...they have grandparents who just passed away recently or moved into assisted living, so now they can move back home and live in that house....”

... questions that could reshape insurer-provider contracts statewide ....

...The states accuse the Trump administration of hiding violations of federal law prohibiting the possession of machine guns in a settlement agreement with manufactures of forced reset triggers....

... ACLU says Honolulu police routinely arrest sober drivers to falsely boost their numbers to secure federal funding ....

... a case challenging Governor Josh Green's use of emergency powers to address the state's affordable housing crisis ....

... In the long-awaited preliminary decision, U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi awarded 17 plaintiffs damages ....

... Hawaii lawmakers passed the budget for the next two years and began voting on more than 200 bills as the legislative session draws to a close ....

... Hawaii lawmakers failed to reconcile House and Senate versions of a sports betting bill, leaving the state without legal wagering ....

... McCoy faces a minimum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment, as well as mandatory restitution. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug. 18 ....

... Delia Fabro-Miske gets seven years ....

... mosquito “birth control” in Maui forests ....

... running a sex trafficking ring involving four women and one minor ....

... a federal judge ruled Friday many of her claims were barred by statute of limitations ....

... It has reportedly helped over 130 homeless individuals return to their mainland homes since 2023 ....

... A federal judge signaled he is likely to dismiss some claims in a dispute between Hu Honua and Hawaiian Electric ....

... The state must now open the historic Haleakala Trail for public access, putting an end to a decade-long fight for it to be declared a public right of way ....

... A Hawaii State Senate Committee advanced five gun control bills ....

... A Hawaii House committee shelved plans to allocate rainy day fund interest to climate projects. ....

... Harry Kauhi cooperated with the prosecution, testified against a crime boss and apologized for his actions ....

... Kobayashi ruled there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to support conspiracy and state law claims ....

... The lawsuit comes as part of a broader trend where states are targeting pharmacy benefit managers over their rebate practices ....

... An anthropologist testified at the copyright infringement trial about the similarities between "Moana" and "Bucky" that aren't found in traditional Polynesian stories ....

... Authorities arrested Gideon Castro at a Utah nursing home and charged him in the 1977 murder of 16-year-old Dawn Momohara at McKinley HS ....

... the campaign contributions were bribes meant to secure Mau's prosecution, a federal jury eventually found that the donations were legitimate political contributions ....

"...Subrogating insurers, the insurance companies argued, have rights that cannot be dismissed or negotiated away by other people or other parties...."

... Senior U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi in Honolulu on Wednesday denied the Navy's request to dismiss the claims brought by Wai Ola Alliance, an environmental advocacy organization ....

... Eight Republican-appointed judges dissented ....

... The justices denied the oil and gas companies' petition without further explanation in Monday's orders list ....

... While Thomas acknowledged the Second Amendment case was not appropriate for the court's review, he indicated willingness to revisit the matter in a future case. Thomas said the issue “clearly remains imperative, given lower courts’ continued insistence on treating the Second Amendment ‘right so cavalierly.’”....

... 2nd alleged assassin this year with Hawaii connections ....

... A three-judge panel found that the public has a presumptive First Amendment right to see medical and health records attached to court filings, such as mental competency examinations ....

... cockfighting was officially banned in the territory in 2018 ....

... tax officials allegedly declined to pursue complaints and reports about certain tax avoiders ....

... The Grand Wailea Resort in Maui will make monthly contributions to fund projects ....

... convicted of 13 of the 16 remaining charges against him, including murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit assault ....

... racketeering, fraud and attempted kidnapping ....

... Miske "left a path of battered bodies, shattered lives, traumatized victims and death scattered in his wake,” as part of a decades-long criminal enterprise ....

... but no immunity for unofficial acts ....

... For 40 years, the Chevron precedent has been the backbone of administrative law, limiting judicial decision-making in favor of agency 'expertise' ....