Real Estate & Property Law

HAWSCT: Contested Case Broadly Defined

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

In a decision that at first blush seems to have little to do with land use law, the Hawaii Supreme Court reiterated the standard for when an agency hearing is a "contested case" under the Administrative Procedures Act.  The issue in E & J Lounge Operating Co. v. Liquor Comm'n of the City & County of Honolulu, No. 27940 (July 29, 2008) was, as the caption of the case indicates, whether a public hearing before the Honolulu Liquor Commission was a contested case under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 91-1(5).  This case is important for land use law since many of the

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