Pele Defense Fund v. Paty

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “native Hawaiian rights protected by article XII, section 7 may extend beyond the ahupua'a in which a native Hawaiian resides”
• holding that the plaintiffs had standing to bring a declaratory judgment action asserting, inter alia, that the State breached its trust duties under section 5(f) of the Admission Act
• holding that two-year statute of limitations in HRS § 657–7 governs 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions
• holding that the limitations period in HRS § 657-7 applies to Section 1983 actions
• determining that § 657-7’s two-year statute of limitations applies to civil rights claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
• noting that the “‘general’ personal injury” limitation period in Haw. Rev. Stat. § 657-7 of two years applies to Section 1983 actions in Hawai`i

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).