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· 10/28/1982

Akau v. Olohana Corp.

Citations

  • 652 P.2d 1130
  • 65 Haw. 383
  • 1982 Haw. LEXIS 231

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that plaintiffs had standing to challenge action affecting their public right of way to the beach and characterizing the injury as a \recreational interest\
  • holding that plaintiffs had standing to challenge action affecting their public right of way to the beach and characterizing the injury as a “recreational interest”
  • holding that plaintiffs had standing to assert a public nuisance claim and seek injunctive or declaratory relief
  • explaining that “[a] judgment in a class action consisting of the people actually injured will bind the members who are all those allowed to sue[ ]”
  • recognizing for standing purposes that injuries to recreational interests are cognizable
  • an injury to a recreational interest is an injury in fact sufficient to constitute standing to assert the rights of the public for purposes of declaratory and injunctive relief

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Judges: Richardson, Lum, Nakamura, Chang, Ogata, Vacancies

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