Breach of Trust arguments
The
Advertiser
covers
yesterday's hearing for Kalima v. State of Hawai`i, "the long-standing legal
battle between the state and more than 2,700 Native Hawaiians who say their
claims were not evaluated before the termination of the Hawaiian Home Lands
claims review program in 1999." If the court rules in their favor it means only
that the case can then be heard at Circuit Court. "Alan Murakami, an attorney
and member of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corp., the entity that represented many
of the original claimants, said he knows of at least 48 claimants who died since
the start of the claims process." More background.
Posted: Wed - May 31, 2006 at 08:47 AM