Legal Opinion

Richardson v. City of Honolulu

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 8, 1997No. Nos. 94-16041, 94-16142, 94-16143 and 94-16327PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUG, Chief Judge:

OPINION

In these consolidated cases we are asked to determine the constitutionality of two land reform ordinances passed by the City Council for the City and County of Honolulu (the “City”). Ordinance 91-95 provides a mechanism for converting leasehold interests in condominium units to fee interests, through the use of the City’s condemnation power. Ordinance 91-96 is a rent control measure that limits increases in ground rent due the owner of the land under the condominium units. The trustees of the Bishop Estate (“Bishop Estate”) brought an action before District Judge Ezra…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. MurgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hacienda Valley Mobile Estates, a California Limited Partnership v. City of Morgan Hill City of Morgan Hill Rent Review Opinion CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  2. 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7283, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,674 William S. Richardson Henry H. Peters, Jr. Oswald K. Stender, Myron B. Thompson, and Matsuo Takabuki, in Their Capacities as Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools/bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate v. City and County of Honolulu, a Hawaii Municipal Corporation, and Hale Coalition, Intervenor. William S. Richardson Henry H. Peters, Jr. Oswald K. Stender, Myron B. Thompson, and Matsuo Takabuki, in Their Capacities as Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools/bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, and Hale Coalition, Intervenor v. City and County of Honolulu, a Hawaii Municipal Corporation, William S. Richardson Henry H. Peters, Jr. Oswald K. Stender, Myron B. Thompson, and Matsuo Takabuki, in Their Capacities as Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools/bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate v. Hawaii Leaseholders Equity Coalition, Intervenor-Appellant, and City and County of Honolulu, a Hawaii Municipal Corporation, Small Landowners of Oahu v. City and County of HonoluluCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
  3. Guggenheim v. City of GoletaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  4. Gerling Global Reinsurance Corp. of America v. LowCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  5. Duarte Nursery, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2014

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