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The Hawaii State Supreme Court has original jurisdiction to answer questions of law that have been passed to it from trial courts or the federal court, hear civil cases submitted to the Supreme Court on agreed statements of facts, and decide questions coming from proceedings of writs of mandamus, prohibition, and habeas corpus.
Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428 (1992), was a Supreme Court case in which the court held that various Hawaiian laws which worked to effectively prohibit write-in voting were not in violation of the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment. The court reasoned that under Hawaii's election laws, it was relatively easy to sign up and be ...
The Hawaii State Supreme Court is the state supreme court. It is the high court of the state and makes binding decisions over appeals from the lower courts upon transfer from the Intermediate Court of Appeals and cases eligible to be heard directly by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. It is also responsible for court rules, licensing and disciplining ...
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.
Oct. 27—The Hawaii Supreme Court expedited its schedule and dismissed Thursday the remaining outstanding legal challenge in the Kalima litigation by a class member found ineligible to receive ...
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to overturn a ruling in that case by Hawaii's top court. The Hawaii court had touted the state's "spirit of Aloha" that it said was in contrast to the justices ...
Courts of Hawaii include: Aliʻiōlani Hale, in Honolulu, the building where the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court meets State courts of Hawaii. Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court [1] Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals [2] Hawaii state circuit courts (4 circuits) [3] Hawaii State family courts (4 circuits) [4] Hawaii state district courts (including ...