JURIST

APRIL 9, 2023

Judge Jeffrey Crabtree ruled that the plaintiffs in the case alleged a viable cause of action against the department. The plaintiffs assert that the department has breached its “public trust” duties under Article XI, Section 1 and 9 of the Hawai’i Constitution.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Sunoco LP , a Hawaii state court rejected fossil fuel companies’ motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim and lack of personal jurisdiction, allowing the case to proceed. Cases brought by cities. In the case that has proceeded the furthest in state court, City & County of Honolulu v.

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Patently O

JUNE 5, 2022

Tumey sued Mycroft as well as Mycroft founder Joshua Montgomery and CEO Michael Lewis on several causes of action: . Again, over Mycroft’s objection, the court allowed testimony about the disputes between neighbors in Hawaii when the relevance, if any, of this testimony to the current litigation is marginal and tangential.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. The court rejected DLNR’s argument that a 2017 Hawaii Supreme Court decision requiring environmental review for aquarium fishing only applied to fishing with fine-meshed nets. Zepeda , No. 80593-2-I (Wash.

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