Real Estate & Property Law

Thank You, Star-Bulletin: Corrections And Clarifications

By Robert Thomas (inversecondemnation.com)

Following up on this post, where we pointed out several errors in a headline and subheadline in a Honolulu Star-Bulletin story on the Hawaii Supreme Court's landmark eminent domain decision in County of Hawaii v. C & J Coupe Family Limited Partnership, No. 28882 (Dec. 24, 2008), the Star-Bulletin has posted corrections and clarifications, here:

» A lawsuit remains active by members of the Coupe family in Kona, seeking to block county condemnation of part of their land for a highway near the Hokulia development. A Page 4 headline in the Hawaii section Saturday said the suit was dismissed by the state Supreme Court. Also, future hearings on the case will not involve ethical allegations, as was stated in a subheadline on the same story.

While still not 100% accurate -- the County of Hawaii instituted the lawsuits against the property owners, not the other way around -- it's heartening to see that the Star-Bulletin's reporters and editors are paying attention and care about accurate reporting enough to clarify two very complex cases that many lawyers would have a hard time getting right in a few paragraphs.

Full post as published by inversecondemnation on January 07, 2009 (boomark / email).