Entries for 'Court House News'

... 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' ....

...Gorsuch said “a handful of federal judges” couldn’t “begin to ‘match’ the collective wisdom of the American people” in deciding policy solutions for homelessness....

... Advocates to keep the stairs told the court that demolishing them will threaten the state's official mammal, the Hawaiian hoary bat. ....

... After a federal court struck down the ban, the Hawaii Legislature approved an amendment to the ban that prohibits only the concealed carry of bladed weapons ....

... arson, armed robberies, drug trafficking, chemical attacks, and murder plots ....

... On Monday, Watson acquitted Miske of the attempted murder of Lindsey Kinney, along with associated racketeering and firearm charges ....

... The quirky panel of 14 jurors had been coordinating outfits by color most days throughout the duration of trial ....

... may have to wait until ongoing defueling is completed ....

... trial of former Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro, businessman Dennis Mitsunaga and co-defendants facing accusations of conspiracy to commit fraud and bribery ....

... Prosecutors say businessman Dennis Mitsunaga used hefty campaign contributions to exert influence over Hawaii's political landscape ....

... A federal court in Hawaii dismissed a woman’s lawsuit against the state for allegedly providing porn to minors through the public library system ....

... Edward Odquina wanted a license plate reading "FCKBLM." The city of Honolulu said no. A number of judges have now agreed ....

... American Samoa Citizenship Question Not So Simple ....

... A former Honolulu prosecutor is accused of accepting nearly $50,000 from a local engineering firm to go after a former employee with criminal charges ....

... The state is dismissed from a set of federal cases that aim to hold it liable for the deadly wildfires but may still face claims in state court ....