Court issues injuction against sale of ceded lands
Hawaii Supreme Court granted an injunction
Thursday to OHA against the state from selling or transferring so-called "ceded
lands from the public land trust until the claims of the native Hawaiians to the
ceded lands have been resolved."Here's
the court's
opinion:2008 01-31 S-C full opinion.pdfUpdate:
Advertiser story
and Star-Bulletin story,
which
says:The state cannot sell or transfer ceded lands, those formerly owned by the Hawaiian monarchy, until native Hawaiian claims to those lands are resolved, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday.
The ruling does not affect the proposed $200 million settlement over ceded-lands revenues that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Gov. Linda Lingle announced earlier this month.
But it does point to the need for a native Hawaiian government to claim compensation or return of the lands that were taken by the U.S. and transferred to the state after the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, said Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chairwoman Haunani Apoliona.
Update
2/2: Here's another Advertiser article,
and the Star-Bulletin editorial
Saturday says, "The decision adds urgency to enactment of the Hawaiian
sovereignty bill proposed by Sen. Daniel Akaka."
Posted: Fri - February 1, 2008 at 12:26 AM