Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

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Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs is a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the federal Apology Resolution did not strip Hawaii of its authority to sell or transfer certain former crown lands, limiting the resolution’s legal effect.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
legal case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
federal Indian and Native Hawaiian law ⓘ
public lands law ⓘ
citation 556 U.S. 163 ⓘ
clarified that congressional apologies or symbolic resolutions do not, without clear language, alter substantive property rights ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved Article IV Property Clause of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2009 ⓘ
decisionType unanimous decision ⓘ
docketNumber 07-1372 ⓘ
holding the Apology Resolution has no substantive legal effect to cloud the State of Hawaii’s title to the lands at issue ⓘ
the federal Apology Resolution did not strip Hawaii of its authority to sell or transfer certain former crown lands ⓘ
impact limited the legal effect of the Apology Resolution on land title disputes in Hawaii ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
legalIssue effect of the 1993 Apology Resolution on state authority over former crown lands ⓘ
state power to sell or transfer certain former crown lands ⓘ
lowerCourt Supreme Court of Hawaii ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision Hawaii Supreme Court enjoined the state from selling or transferring certain ceded lands pending political settlement ⓘ
opinionBy Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
originatedFrom Hawaii state courts ⓘ
petitioner State of Hawaii ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii
relatedTo 1993 Apology Resolution ⓘ
Public Law 103-150 ⓘ
ceded lands in Hawaii ⓘ
former Hawaiian crown lands ⓘ
respondent Office of Hawaiian Affairs ⓘ
individual Native Hawaiian beneficiaries ⓘ
result injunction against sale or transfer of ceded lands vacated ⓘ
state Hawaii ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Public Law 103-150 (Apology Resolution) ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 103-150
SupremeCourtDisposition reversed ⓘ
termOfCourt October Term 2008 ⓘ
yearArgued 2008 ⓘ

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Apology Resolution (U.S. Public Law 103-150) → citedIn → Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs ⓘ
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs → holding → the federal Apology Resolution did not strip Hawaii of its authority to sell or transfer certain former crown lands ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs → holding → the Apology Resolution has no substantive legal effect to cloud the State of Hawaii’s title to the lands at issue ⓘ
linked to: Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs