Hawaii Supreme Court, 2025

Sierra Club v. Board of Land and Natural Resources

Sierra Club v. Board of Land and Natural Resources
Hawaii Supreme Court · Decided August 29, 2025

Sierra Club v. Board of Land and Natural Resources

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 29-AUG-2025 SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 09:00 AM Dkt. 40 OGAC IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

SIERRA CLUB, Petitioner and Respondent/Appellant-Appellee, vs. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Respondent and Petitioner/Appellee-Appellee, and ALEXANDER AND BALDWIN, INC. and EAST MAUI IRRIGATION COMPANY, LLC, Respondents/Appellees-Appellants, and COUNTY OF MAUI, Respondent/Appellee-Appellee. (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ---------------------------------------------------------------- SIERRA CLUB, Petitioner and Respondent/Appellant-Appellee, vs. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Respondent and Petitioner/Appellee-Appellant, and ALEXANDER AND BALDWIN, INC., EAST MAUI IRRIGATION COMPANY, LLC, and COUNTY OF MAUI, Respondents/Appellees-Appellees. (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins and Devens, JJ., Circuit Judge Malinao, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge Kawashima, in place of Ginoza, J., recused) Petitioner Board of Land and Natural Resources’ Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on July 25, 2025, is hereby accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no oral argument will be heard in this case. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, August 29, 2025.

/s/ Sabrina S. Mckenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Vladimir P. Devens /s/ Clarissa Y. Malinao /s/ James S. Kawashima

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