No. 25-205

Schuyler E. Cole, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii

Lower Court: Hawaii
Docketed: 2025-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: constitutional-law equal-protection fourteenth-amendment property-valuation tax-assessment tax-classification
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-10-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a real property tax class that consists of certain residential properties that are distinguished from identical residential properties based solely on whether the properties have an assessed value of $1,000,000 or more, which results in different tax rates being charged on the first $999,999.99 of a property's value, so that the owner of a property valued at $1,000,000 or more pays a higher tax rate on the first $999,999.99 of value than the owner of a property valued at $999,999.99 or less, amounts to unequal treatment rendering the tax classification unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a real property tax classification that distinguishes residential properties based on a $1,000,000 valuation threshold amounts to unequal treatment violating the Equal Protection Clause

Docket Entries

2025-10-14
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/10/2025.
2025-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent Honolulu, HI to respond filed.
2025-08-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2025)

Attorneys

Honolulu, HI
Daniel Marc GluckDept of the Corp Counsel, City & Cnty of Honolulu, Respondent
Schuyler E. Cole, et al.
William G. Meyer IIISettle Meyer Law, LLLC, Petitioner