Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawaii. Show all posts
Friday, February 16, 2024

Hawaii Chabad Rabbi Sues Over Zoning Law

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Suit was filed this week in a Hawaii federal district court by a Chabad rabbi contending that Hawaii County's residential zoning Code vi...
Sunday, February 04, 2024

Good News Clubs Sue for Access to Hawaii Schools

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Suit was filed two weeks ago in a Hawaii federal district court against the Hawaii Department of Education and four school districts in whic...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Hawaii County's Denial of Permit to Temple Did Not Meet Strict Scrutiny Test

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In Spirit of Aloha Temple v. County of Maui ,  (D HI, Aug. 11, 2023), in a case that has been in litigation for more than seven years, a Haw...
Monday, April 10, 2023

Deed Restriction Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Hilo Bay Marina, LLC v. State of Hawaii , (HI Cir. Ct., March 21, 2023), a Hawaii trial court dismissed a suit seeking to void a deed res...
Monday, October 25, 2021

General Religious Objection Available Under Hawaii's COVID Mandate

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In Pelekai v. State of Hawai'i ,  (D HI, Oct. 22, 2021), a Hawaii federal district court rejected various challenges to Hawaii state and...
Friday, May 14, 2021

Hawaii Mask Mandate Did Not Violate Protester's Free Exercise Rights

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 In Denis v. Ige ,  (D HI, May 12, 2021), a Hawaii federal district court rejected challenges to Hawaii's COVID-19 mask requirements. Pl...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Hawaii Supreme Court Approves Manua Kea Telescope

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In In re Thirty Meter Telescope at the Mauna Kea Science Reserve ,  (HI Sup. Ct., Oct. 30, 2018), the Hawaii Supreme Court affirmed the deci...
Monday, July 23, 2018

Neither Side Gets Summary Judgment In Hawaii Religious Zoning Dispute

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In Spirit of Aloha Temple v. County of Maui ,  (D HI, July 20, 2018), a Hawaii federal district court denied summary judgment motions filed ...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Hawaii Supreme Court Denies Review In Cse of B&B's Refusal To Rent To Lesbian Couple

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In an Order ( full text ) entered July 10, the Hawaii Supreme Court in Cervelli v. Aloha Bed & Breakfast  denied certiorari.  In the cas...
Wednesday, May 02, 2018

HHS Investigating Legality of Hawaii Notice Requirements For Pregnancy Clinics

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An ADF press release  on Monday reports that the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has initiated an...
Saturday, February 24, 2018

State Appeals Court Rejects Religious Defense By B&B That Rejected Lesbian Couple

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In Cervelli v. Aloha Bed & Breakfast , (HI App., Feb. 23, 2018), a Hawaii sate appeals court held that a 3-room bed & breakfast viol...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Suit Challenges Hawaii's Notice Mandate For Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

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A suit was filed last week in Hawaii federal district court challenging Hawaii's SB 501 enacted earlier this year that requires "l...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Hawaii Federal District Court Converts TRO Against Travel Ban To Preliminary Injunction

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Yesterday a Hawaii federal district court granted the state of Hawaii's motion to convert its prior temporary restraining order against...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

New Suit Challenges Syrian Refugee Ban In Trump Executive Order; Hawaii Suit Moves Ahead

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The portion of President Trump's travel ban Executive Order which suspends entry of refugees from Syria into the United States was chall...
Monday, February 06, 2017

Hawaii Sues Trump Over Travel Ban

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Last Friday, the state of Hawaii filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump challenging his Executive Order imposing a travel ban on ind...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

9th Circuit Rejects RFRA Defense Raised By Hawaii Cannabis Ministers

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In  United States v. Christie ,  (9th Cir., June 14, 2016), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of the founder of t...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

Hawaii Supreme Court Requires New Hearing For Proposed Telescope On Sacred Land

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In  Mauna Kea Anaina Hou v. Board of Land and Natural Resources ,  (HI Sup. Ct., Dec. 2, 2015), the Hawaii Supreme Court vacated on due proc...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Settlement Requires 1st Amendment Training For Hawaiian Police

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On Nov. 16, a Hawaii federal district court approved a settlement agreement ( full text ) in Goodhue v. County of  Maui.  In the lawsuit, a ...
Friday, January 09, 2015

Hawaiian Temple Sues Over Zoning Denial

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RLUIPA Defense blog reported this week on a suit filed last November in federal district court in Hawaii by Spirit of Aloha Temple which wa...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Hawaii Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments On Challenge To Marriage Equality Law

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Yesterday the Hawaii Supreme Court heard oral arguments in McDermott v. Abercrombie,  a case challenging the state legislature's authori...