Hawaii Real Estate Litigation Update - 2016 - Telescopes, Ag Lands and More

My partner Gregory W. Kugle and I were pleased to present at our fourth annual Hawaii State Bar Association Real Property and Financial Services Section Real Estate Litigation Update for 2016. Greg covered the big cases from 2016, including the Thirty Meter Telescope, the Haleakala Telescope, Koa Ridge and Hoopili.  The topics covered and links to opinions and analysis are below.   

 

 

RPFSS Brown Bag - Litigation Update

By Gregory W. Kugle and Mark M. Murakami

November 18, 2016

Topic	Case	Hyperlink
Important Ag Lands	Sierra Club v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes	Opinion, Dissent
Important Ag Lands	Sierra Club v. Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc.	Opinion, Dissent
Conservation District Permits	Kilakila ‘o Haleakala v. Bd. Of Land & Natural Res.	Opinion, Concurrence, Wilson Dissent, Pollack Dissent, Analysis
Environmental Policy	Kilakila ‘o Haleakala v. Bd. Of Land & Natural Res.	Opinion
Environmental Policy	Umberger v. Dep’t of Land & Natural Res.	ICA Opinion
Condemnation	County of Kauai v. Hanalei River Holdings, Ltd.	ICA Opinion, Analysis
Land Use	Robert D. Ferris Trust v. Planning Comm'n of the County of Kauai	Opinion, Analysis
Admin Law	Ford v. Leithead-Todd	ICA Opinion
Admin Law	Green Party of Hawaii v. Scott Nago	Opinion, Analysis

 

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Topic	Case	Hyperlink
Affordable Housing –Inclusionary Zoning	616 Croft Avenue LLC v. City of West Hollywood	Opinion
Planning and Property Rights	Kirby v. North Carolina Department of Transportation	Opinion
Entry Statutes	Property Reserve, Inc. v. Superior Court	Analysis
Highest and Best Use and Jury vs. Judge	City of Perris v. Stemper	Opinion
Regulatory Takings	Murr v. State of Wisconsin	Analysis

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