Answers to three questions posed to five justices could soon determine the fate of a stalled $4 billion settlement for close ...

The dissenting judges said that the decision resulted in a split with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the application of New York’s similar private-property law was ...

One question has to do with whether a prior Hawaii court decision in a health insurance case applies to property and casualty insurance carriers. On the second question, all three parties seek the ...

A Hawaii law that sought compensate those who were wrongfully convicted hasn't helped anyone who has sought relief because it requires proof of innocence ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Maryland’s handgun licensing regime, as well as a pair of cases seeking to hold oil and gas companies responsible for damage caused by ...

Proponents have long argued that the circuit covers too much territory and too many people and its docket is unmanageable; critics say the current system isn’t broken and motivations for the split are ...

Honolulu, two petitions from oil companies seeking High Court intervention in a state-law-based climate case in Hawaii ... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a decision I discuss ...

Joining those states in the lawsuit are Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine ... the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, where every active judge was ...

Hawaiʻi’s legal community is offering an opportunity for all to learn more about the court system and its workings through a ...