Every year, the Hawaii State Bar Association’s Real Property and Financial Services Sections asks my partner Greg Kugle and me to present a Litigation Update for its members.  We review the recent national and Hawaii court decisions impacting real estate, ranging from land use litigation, real estate closings, foreclosures, CC&R interpretation and more.

Our presentation, moderated by Professor David Callies of the University of Hawaii School of Law is now on YouTube.  Our handout (with links to the cases) is below. 

Links to the cases:

Hawaii Supreme Court

Admin Law:  Thirty Meter Telescope.  Opinion, Concurrence, Dissent

Admin Law:  Tax Foundation of Hawaii v. State of Hawaii

Admin Law: Clarabal v. Dep’t of Education (Opinion, Concurrence, Dissent)

Admin Law:  In re HELCO

Admin Law:  City and County of Honolulu v. State of Hawaii

Public Trust:  Ching v. Case

Real Estate Transactions:  Calipjo v. Purdy

 

Intermediate Court of Appeals

Admin Law: Kokua Council for Senior Citizens v. Director, Dep’t of Health

Admin Law:  Keauhou Canoe Club v. DLNR

Boundaries/Plants:  Spittler v. Charbonneau

CC&R Interpretation:  Bruno v. AOAO of Waikiki Marina Condo; Crowe

CC&R Interpretation:  Sandomire v. Brown

Easements:  Ching v. Dung

Fences:  Yin v. Aguiar

Foreclosure:  American Savings Bank v. Chan

Foreclosure:  American Savings Bank v. AOAO of the Hanohano Hale

Foreclosure:  First Hawaiian Bank v. AOAO of Sun Rise, Inc.

Foreclosure:  Malabe v. AOAO Executive Centre  (SCT argument 9/19/19)

Land Court:  In Re Nomura

Land Use:  Dao v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Lease:  Ebbo v. SGG, LLC

Lease:  Kahawaiolaa v. Hawaiian Sun Investments, Inc.

License:  Blake v. Alexander & Baldwin

Liens:  Joslin v. Ota Camp-Makibaka Assn, Inc.

Public Nuisance:  Haynes v. Haas (SCT cert granted)

Quiet Title:  Kualoa Ranch, Inc. v. Mitchell

Real Property Tax:  Auyoung v. Dep’t of Budget and Fiscal Services

Trespass:  Grinpas v. Kulana Prop

Water Rights:  Carmichael v. BLNR

National

Regulatory Takings:  Knick v. Township of Scott

Vacation Rentals:  Homeaway.com v. City of Santa Monica, (9th Cir. 2019)