Legal Opinion
Midkiff v. Tom
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided December 19, 1979No. Civ. 79-0096PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM DECISION
SAMUEL P. KING, Chief Judge.
The Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop 1 filed suit in this Court on February 28, 1979, against the Commissioners and Executive Director of the Hawaii Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Authority itself, claiming the Hawaii Land Reform Act, now chapter 516 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes, was unconstitutional. Chapter 516 allows the State to use the power of eminent domain in order to condemn certain residential land and then sell it to the residential lessees. The Hawaii Housing Authority is given the power and duty to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Katherine Amen v. City of Dearborn, a Municipal Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. 416.81 Acres of Land, Etc., and Mercantile National Bank of Indiana, as TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- People of Puerto Rico v. Eastern Sugar AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1946
- United States v. 58.16 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Clinton County, State of Illinois, and George Cooley, and Unknown OwnersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hawaii Housing Authority v. MidkiffSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bickerstaff Clay Products Co. v. Harris County Ex Rel. Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Midkiff v. TomCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Midkiff v. TomCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Richardson v. City and County of HonoluluDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1991
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