In a second legal setback for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in nine days, the Hawai'i Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit that OHA had hoped would lead to recovering at least $150 million from the state related to revenues from lands once belonging to the Hawaiian kingdom.

The high court upheld a 2003 dismissal of OHA's lawsuit alleging the state should have done more to oppose a 1997 federal law that barred the state from giving OHA money from Honolulu International Airport, a portion of which sits on those lands.

In addition, the court once again declared how much OHA should receive from the state rests with the state Legislature.

The Hawaii Supreme Court has again shot down attempts by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to recover revenue from airport ceded lands.

The high court upheld the dismissal yesterday of an OHA lawsuit seeking what it estimates to be hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues it would have received under an invalidated state law.

State attorneys say OHA can go to the Legislature to settle the amount the state owes. In two previous suits brought by OHA, the Supreme Court ruled that the amount payable to OHA must be determined by the Legislature.