Mayor’s Statement on Lahaina Injection Well US Supreme Court Oral Arguments
MauiNow.com | November 6, 2019 Oral arguments were heard today before the US Supreme Court in a case involving Maui County’s Lahaina injection wells and…
U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments for injection wells case
The Maui News, November 6, 2019 LOCAL NEWS Lawyers for both sides of the Lahaina injection wells case delivered their oral arguments today before the…
Justices Grappling With Groundwater Liability In Sewage Case
Law360, November 6, 2019 By Jimmy Hoover and Juan Carlos Rodriguez The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled with how to prevent polluters from evading…
How a Legacy Scalia Clean-Water Ruling Played into Hawaii Case at SCOTUS
In “County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund,” lawyers for each side, including the United States as amicus, find support in Scalia’s plurality opinion in…
Supreme Court leans toward expanding Clean Water Act to protect oceans from wastewater
Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2019 By DAVID G. SAVAGE | STAFF WRITER WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices, both conservative and liberal, appeared skeptical Wednesday…
Lawsuit filed over Lahaina injection wells case before Supreme Court
Residents and Maui Tomorrow sue mayor and county attorney The Maui News, October 30, 2019 LOCAL NEWS MELISSA TANJI Staff Writer mtanji@mauinews.com A lawsuit filed…
Argument preview: Justices to consider reach of Clean Water Act’s permitting requirement
County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund – SCOTUSblog Coverage with Date Cronology of Proceedings and Orders SCOTUSblog, October 30, 2019 By Lisa Heinzerling…
Possible appeal to U.S. Supreme Court for Maui injection well case in murky waters
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Sept. 26, 2019 By Timothy Hurley Members of the Maui County Council majority and their attorneys insist it is over. Mayor Michael Victorino…
Maui’s Water Fight Has Become A Major Power Struggle
The mayor won’t settle a case with national implications despite the council’s instruction to do so, spurring a new lawsuit to sort out the separation…
Council to consider hiring special counsel over charter debate
Attorneys dispute who has authority to withdraw county from injection wells case The Maui News, October 17, 2019 LOCAL NEWS COLLEEN UECHI Assistant City Editor…