City and County of Honolulu v. Bennett

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

In this action the City and County of Honolulu (hereinafter, the City) has condemned for park purposes the uninhabited offshore island of Mokolfi and two nearby beach front parcels in the vicinity of Kualoa Point, Oahu. The main parcel, designated as Parcel 2, contains approximately 145 acres. Kualoa Point is at a corner of this parcel. The other parcel, designated as Parcel 9, contains approximately 2.7 acres and adjoins a portion of Parcel 2. Mokoli'i Island 1 lies about 1600 feet offshore from Kualoa Point and comprises approximately 4 acres.

The two…