| 25-507 |
Chang Y. Aiona, V. v. County of Hawaii, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2025-10-23 |
Denied |
defamation first-amendment legal-precedent milkovich-standard opinion-exception public-interest |
Whether the "opinion" exception can be extended to a private, non-public interest, defamation lawsuit in violation of the Court's decision Milkovich v… |
| 24-1327 |
Spirit of Aloha Temple, a Hawaii Nonprofit Corporation, et al. v. Maui County, Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-06-30 |
Denied |
first-amendment municipal-jurisdiction religious-exercise rluipa substantial-burden zoning-permit |
Must a religious organization seeking to build a church prove that it is precluded from using other sites within a municipality's jurisdiction and/or … |
| 23-947 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
civil-procedure climate-change environmental-law federal-preemption greenhouse-gas greenhouse-gas-emissions interstate-emissions standing state-law state-law-claims |
Whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking redress for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse… |
| 23-952 |
Shell PLC, fka Royal Dutch Shell PLC, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
clean-air-act climate-change constitutional-law federal-law federal-preemption foreign-emissions interstate-emissions preemption state-law |
Whether claims seeking damages for the effects of interstate and international emissions on the global climate are beyond the limits of state law and … |
| 23A651 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2024-01-16 |
Presumed Complete |
clean-air-act climate-change federal-common-law interstate-emissions personal-jurisdiction state-law-claims |
Whether federal common law or state law governs climate-change tort claims seeking redress for interstate greenhouse gas emissions after the Clean Air… |
| 22-523 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-06 |
Denied |
circuit-conflict climate-change climate-change-litigation federal-jurisdiction federal-officer-removal federal-preemption greenhouse-gas-emissions jurisdictional-challenge preemption statutory-interpretation transboundary-pollution |
Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that 28 U.S.C. § 1442 precludes removal by federal officers and persons acting under them unless the rem… |
| 22A239 |
Sunoco LP, et al. v. City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-09-20 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
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| 21-895 |
John Rodrigues, Jr. v. County of Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-16 |
Denied |
civil-rights due-process federal-preemption firearms firearms-law law-enforcement leosa preemption qualified-retired-officer statutory-interpretation |
Does LEOSA (18 U.S.C. Sec. 966C) preempt State firearms laws that prohibit the transport, carrying and possession of firearms by a Qualified Retired L… |
| 20-8297 |
Michael Doyle Ruggles v. David Y. Ige, Governor of Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-06-14 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-responsibility due-process equal-protection legal-ambiguity medical-cannabis patient-rights state-law state-responsibility vague-laws |
Does the State of Hawaii have a constitutional responsibility to draft laws that do not create ambiguities? |
| 20-1639 |
George K. Young, Jr. v. Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-05-25 |
GVR |
2nd-amendment circuit-split civil-rights concealed-carry due-process home-defense right-to-bear-arms second-amendment self-defense standing |
Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding that the Second Amendment does not apply outside the home |
| 20-974 |
Emil Svrcina, et al. v. Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2021-01-15 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process election-contest election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment hawaii-supreme-court state-legislature vote-by-mail |
Did the Hawaii Supreme Court violate due process by dismissing a complaint with prejudice? |
| 19-1064 |
Kealii Makekau, et al. v. Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-28 |
Denied |
42-usc-1988 all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-attorneys-fees election-cancellation injunctions judicial-imprimatur merits prevailing-party statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Court's grant of an injunction constitutes a sufficient consideration of the merits to be the 'judicial imprimatur' necessary for prevaili… |
| 19-668 |
Courtney Bird v. Hawaii, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-26 |
Denied |
child-abuse-registry constitutional-challenge continuing-violation continuing-violations due-process erroneous-listing liberty-interest procedural-safeguards statute-of-limitations |
Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals err in affirming the dismissal of Courtney's § 1983 claim as untimely? |
| 18-324 |
Douglas Leone, et ux., as Trustees Under That Certain Unrecorded Leone-Perkins Family Trust Dated August 26, 1999, as Amended v. Maui County, Hawaii, et al. |
Hawaii |
2018-09-13 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 5th-amendment economic-benefit economically-beneficial-use fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment investment-use just-compensation land-use lucas-v-south-carolina-coastal-council natural-state property-rights regulatory-taking regulatory-takings takings-clause |
Whether holding undeveloped property as an 'investment' or using it as a 'park' in its natural state constitutes economically beneficial or productive… |