Real Estate & Property Law

Turtle Bay/Kuilima Supplemental EIS Case: Is A Change In "Context," But Not The Project, Enough To Trigger Supplemental EIS?

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

This just in: the Hawaii Supreme Court has issued an opinion in the Turtle Bay/Kuilima EIS case (Unite Here! Local 5 v. City and County of Honolulu). In short, the court held that a supplemental environmental impact statement is required when a project's context changes, even if the project itself has not. The court's opinion, authored by Chief Justice Moon, is here. We blogged about this case and the ICA's decision here.

More, after a chance to read the 76 pages of the majority and concurring opinions.

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on April 08, 2010 (boomark / email).