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Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff , 467 U.S. 229 (1984), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a state could use eminent domain to take land that was overwhelmingly concentrated in the hands of private landowners and redistribute it to the wider population of private residents.
Among the many state systems governing foreclosure in this country, Hawaii has particularly draconian -- and nonjudicial -- process. It's based on a law that dates back to 1874, a statute that was ...
Conversion (law) – An intentional tort to personal property where the defendant's willful interference with the chattel deprives plaintiff of the possession of the same. Nuisance – Denial of quiet enjoyment to owners of real property. A private nuisance is an unreasonable, unwarranted, or unlawful interference with another person's private ...
Consent can be a defense to any intentional tort, although lack of consent is occasionally incorporated into the definition of an intentional tort, such as trespass to land. However, lack of consent is not always an essential element to establish a prima facie case in such situations. Therefore, it is properly treated as an affirmative defense.
The Land Court of the State of Hawaiʻi (originally, the Court of Land Registration in the former U.S. Territory of Hawaii) has exclusive jurisdiction in the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary over cases involving registered land titles. [1] The Land Court system of land registration was created by statute in 1903 as a Torrens system of land titles. [2]
Mar. 23—A woman indicted for her role in a scheme to file false tax returns and then use Hawaii businesses, banks and trusts to launder the refunds entered into an agreement with the U.S ...
A 41-year-old Honolulu man pleaded guilty in federal court Friday after he used unlicensed people to provide physical therapy and chiropractic services, then faked claims that resulted in ...
First: Oahu (based in Honolulu) Second: Maui, Molokai, and Lanai (based in Wailuku) Third: Hawaii (based in Hilo) Fifth: Kauai and Niihau (based in Lihue) There is currently no Fourth Circuit, because the Fourth Circuit merged into the Third Circuit in 1943. The largest and most important of the circuit courts is the First Circuit in Honolulu.