Legal Opinion
Price v. Hawaii
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1985No. 84-2444PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRIS, Circuit Judge:
A native Hawaiian tribal body seeks to compel the State of Hawaii to apply the proceeds from a congressionally created land trust to finance the distribution of land for the benefit of native Hawaiians. The Hou Hawaiian tribe appeals the judgment of the U.S. district court for Hawaii, Fong, J., which dismissed their complaint for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction.
In 1920, Congress created the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust to provide lands for the use and benefit of native Hawaiian people of at least 50 percent native blood. See Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Price v. State of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
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