Island-Gentry Joint Venture v. STATE, ETC.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that under HRS § 26-7, “the Attorney General has the further exclusive authority to approve as to the legality and form of all documents relating to the acquisition of any land or interest in land by the State”
• noting that under HRS § 26-7, “the Attorney General has the further exclusive authority to approve as to the legality and form of all documents relating to the acquisition of any land or interest in land by the State”
• defaulting purchaser testified that when he vacated the property, it “was worth a substantial amount more than the contract price”; therefore, vendor was not entitled to loss of bargain damages
• authority of BLNR to “acquir[e]” real property under HRS § 171-30 also signifies that BLNR is the entity responsible for “initially enter[ing] into a contract for the acquisition of land” when required for public use

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).