Legal Opinion
Clifford Y.C. Lai and Victoria L. Lai v. City and County of Honolulu, a Municipal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1984No. 84-1616PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
The appellants, Clifford and Victoria Lai (the “Lais”), appeal the district court’s dismissal of their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action as time-barred. 562 F.Supp. 903 motion to amend denied 575 F.Supp. 1510. Because the district court applied the incorrect statute of limitations, the district court’s order is reversed.
FACTS
In 1971, the Lais purchased a 30,000 square-foot parcel of property in Honolulu, Hawaii. On August 4, 1975, the City and County of Honolulu (the “City”) adopted an ordinance, which lowered the permissible building height on the Lais’ property from…
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