Selwyn A. ROBINSON, Trustee under the Will of Alymer F. Robinson; Eleanor Robinson, Trustee under the Will of Aylmer F. Robinson; Bruce R. Robinson, Trustee under the Will of Aylmer F. Robinson; Russell S. Robinson; Helen M. Robinson, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Lester B. Robinson; Ruth R. Le Fiell; Marion R. Keat; Jean R. Weir; Keith P. Y, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
George R. ARIYOSHI, Governor; Ronald Y. Amemiya, Attorney General; Andrew S.O. Lee; William Y. Thompson; Stanley W. Hong; Larry E. Mehau; Manuel Moniz, Jr.; Moses W. Kealoha; Takeo Yamamoto, Chairman and Members, Board of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii, as succeeded by John D. Waihee, Governor, State of Hawaii, Warren Price, III, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, William W. Paty, John Y. Arisumi, Herbert Y. Arata, J. Douglas Ing, Moses W. Kealoha and Leonard H. Zalopany, Chairman and Members, Board of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants,
v.
McBRYDE SUGAR COMPANY, LTD., Olokele Sugar Company, Ltd.; Ida Albarado; Helen B. Chu; Henry J. Chu; Chee Kung Fui Society; Lapaz Francisco; Marcelino Francisco; Albert K. Kaailua; Linda P. Kaiakapu; Ann N. Kali; Harriet U. Kano; Junichi Kano; Kiyoshi Kimata; Arnold W.F. Leong; Katherine A. Leong; Lo Sun D. Leong; Tai Hung Leong; Hanayo T. Naumu; Wallace A. Naumu; Hideo Nonaka; Hiromi Nonaka; Kazuo Nonaka; Masatoshi Nonaka; Shigekichi Nonaka; Takano Nonaka; and Tadao Nonaka, Defendants-Appellees (Two Cases).
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Argued and Submitted April 4, 1989.
Decided October 5, 1989.
Rehearing Denied October 27, 1989 and November 21, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steven S. Michaels and William M. Tam, Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellants.
Alexander C. Marrack, Reinwald, O'Connor, Marrack & Hoskins, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellees.
J. Russell Cases, Philip J. Leas, and Robert B. Bunn, Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright, and William Quinn, Goodsill, Anderson, Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees.
Dennis M. Eagan, Deputy Atty. Gen., John K. Van De Kamp, Atty. Gen. of the State of Cal., Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen. of the State of Alaska, Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen. of the State of Ariz., Robert T. Stephan, Atty. Gen. of the State of Kan., Mike Greely, Atty. Gen. of the State of Mont., Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen. of the State of Neb., Brian McKay, Atty. Gen. of the State of Nev., Hal Stratton, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.M., Nicholas Spaeth, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.D., Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen. of the State of Or., LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen. of the Com. of Pa., James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen. of the State of R.I. and Providence Plantations, Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen. of the State of Tex., David L. Wilkinson, Atty. Gen. of the State of Utah, Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Atty. Gen. of the State of Vt., Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen. of the Com. of Va., and Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen. of the State of Wash., for amici curiae in support of appellants.
Edward J. Connor, Jr., Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Cal., for amicus curiae in support of appellees.
Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and TANG, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
GOODWIN, Chief Judge:
This is the third time this challenge by Hawaii private land owners to recent developments in state water law has been before us. In Robinson v. Ariyoshi,753 F.2d 1468 (9th Cir.1985), we held that the decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii in McBryde Sugar Co. v. Robinson, 54 Haw. 174, 504 P.2d 1330, aff'd on rehearing 55 Haw. 260, 517 P...
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