Molokai Homesteaders Cooperative Ass'n v. Cobb

*455OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

This case represents the last in a series of legal challenges to the validity of the agreement between Defendant-Appellee Board of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii (hereafter the Board), and Defendant-Appellee Kaluakoi Corporation (hereafter Kaluakoi) for the use of the transmission facilities of the Molokai Irrigation System (hereafter the System) by Kaluakoi to transport water to its resort com'plex on the west end of the island of Molokai.

The initial challenge was mounted in the United States District Court 'for the District of Hawaii by…