US Supreme Court Hearing: HAWAII V. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

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US Supreme Court Hearing: HAWAII V. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Time: February 25, 2009 at 10am
Location: US Supreme Court
Street: One First Street NE
City/Town: Washington, DC
Website or Map: http://www.abanet.org/publice…
Phone: 202-479-3211
Event Type: Supreme, Court, Hearing
Organized By: SCOTUS
Latest Activity: Jan 13, 2009

Event Description

This is also known as the Ceded Lands Case:

Docket 07-1372: HAWAII V. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

QUESTIONS PRESENTED:

In the Joint Resolution to Acknowledge the 100th Anniversary of the January 17, 1893 Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Congress acknowledged and apologized for the United States’ role in that overthrow. The question here is whether this symbolic resolution strips Hawaii of its sovereign authority to sell, exchange, or transfer 1.2 million acres of state land—29 percent of the total land area of the State and almost all the land owned by the State—unless and until it reaches a political
settlement with native Hawaiians about the status of that land.

Oral Arguments might be heard on C-SPAN:
http://www.c-span.org/courts/oralarguments.asp

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