Legal Opinion
Hawaii ex rel. Attorney General v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 26, 2002No. 00-15895PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Hurricane Iniki stormed over the Hawaiian island of Kauai a decade ago, but a dispute it left behind continues. The largest disaster ever to hit the state of Hawaii (“Hawaii”), the 1992 hurricane caused an estimated $2.6 billion in damage.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA” or “the Agency”), the agency of the federal government that provides dollars to communities afflicted by floods, earthquakes, fires, and hurricanes, provided substantial assistance to the state. Hawaii’s insurers, in a settlement with the state, did so as well. For the most part, the…
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