Palama v. Sheehan

How courts have described this case

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• holding that testimony from kama'aina witnesses were sufficient to find the existence of an ancient Hawaiian right of way
• noting that Hawaiians did not necessarily reside in the same place that they exercised traditional rights
• noting that Hawaiians did not necessarily reside in the same place that they exercised traditional rights
• defendants, owners of four separate kuleanas, sought a right of way through the plaintiffs’ land, and the court held that they were entitled to a right of way
• Kuleana owners entitled to right-of-way based on ancient Hawaiian right of reasonable necessity
• Kuleana owners entitled to right-of-way based on ancient Hawaiian right of reasonable necessity

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