Hawaiʻi Supreme Court

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state broke the law when it took control of the Mauna Kea Access Road on the Big Island and turned it into a state highway before the 2019 Thirty Meter Telescope protests.

A case that challenges whether or not short-term rentals are allowed on farmland in Hawaiʻi County has made its way to the state’s highest court.

Judicial history will come alive on Oʻahu this weekend. Aliʻiōlani Hale, the current home of the Hawai’i Supreme Court, turns 150 years old on Tuesday. The Conversation talked to Matt Mattice and Keahe Davis of the Judiciary Center earlier this week about the festivities.

The Hawaiʻi Supreme Court says the state attorney general's office must pay attorney fees for using last year's Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water for firefighting.

A ruling by Hawaiʻi’s high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit uses pop culture references in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide.

As we get our bearings in 2024, we’re revisiting a few conversations with local leaders who are charting our path forward.

The case is about compensation over 2 acres of land owned by Victoria Ward Ltd., a local subsidiary of the Texas-based Howard Hughes Corp., that was condemned by the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation in 2018 for a rail station.

The state Senate unanimously confirmed Judge Lisa Ginoza and attorney Vladimir Devens on Tuesday to serve as associate justices on the Hawai‘i Supreme Court. Ginoza and Devens will fill vacancies resulting from the retirements of Associate Justices Michael Wilson in March and Paula Nakayama in April.

Gov. Josh Green has picked Intermediate Appellate Court judge Lisa Ginoza and Honolulu personal injury lawyer Vladimir Devens to fill vacancies on the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court. Ginoza and Devens were chosen from a shortlist of six nominees put forward by the Hawaiʻi Judicial Selection Commission.

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Justice Sabrina McKenna is being recognized this year for her many achievements, including paving the way for other women in the legal profession. The Conversation's Russell Subiono spoke with McKenna about her mentors and achievements throughout her career.