Keliipuleole v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that in a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief action, “[pjresumably the legislature was aware of the status of the law and the policies of the [agency], yet declined to amend the statute”
• “[T]he legislature is presumed not to intend an absurd result, and the legislation will be construed to avoid, if possible, inconsistency, contradiction!,] and illogicality.”
• “[a] rational, sensible and practicable interpretation [of a statute] is preferred to one which is unreasonable or impracticable” (alterations in original
• “Words are given their common meaning unless some wording in the statue requires a different interpretation.” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• “a court may look to ‘subsequent legislative history or amendments to confirm its interpretation of an earlier statutory provision.’”
• “Presumably the legislature was aware of the status of the law and the policies of the [Board of Land and Natural Resources], yet declined to amend the statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).