KALIMA v. STATE

SCAP-18-0000068.

468 P.3d 143 (2020)

Leona KALIMA; Diane Boner; Raynette Nalani Ah Chong, Special Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Ching, Deceased; Caroline Bright; Donna Kuehu; Irene Cordeiro-Vierra; and James Akiona, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. STATE of Hawai`i; State of Hawai`i Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; State of Hawai`i Hawaiian Home Lands Trust Individual Claims Review Panel; David Y. Ige, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Hawai`i, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 30, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde J. Wadsworth , Kimberly T. Guidry , Robert T. Nakatsuji , Honolulu, and Kaliko`onalani D. Fernandes for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Carl M. Varady and Thomas R. Grande , Honolulu, for Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE VIOLA, IN PLACE OF McKENNA, J., RECUSED.


I. INTRODUCTION

In 1990, Sena tor Michael Crozier observed, "[b]oth the length of the list and the length of the wait make the vast majority of Native Hawaiian people despair of ever receiving an award of land." Senator Michael Crozier, Testimony Before the Hawai`i Advisory Committee, United States...

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