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HAWAII v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

No. 07-1372.

129 S.Ct. 1436 (2009)

556 U.S. 163

173 L.Ed.2d 333

HAWAII, et al., Petitioners, v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for petitioners.

William M. Jay, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Kannon K. Shanmugam, Washington, DC, for respondents.

William Meheula, Winer Meheula & Devens LLP, Honolulu, HI, Hayden Aluli, Honolulu, HI, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Counsel of Record, Anna-Rose Mathieson, Kimberly D. Perrotta, Sarah F. Teich, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Sherry P. Broder, Jon M. Van Dyke, Honolulu, HI, Melody K. MacKenzie, Kailua, HI, for respondents.

Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General, Lisa M. Ginoza, Dorothy Sellers, William J. Wynhoff, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Seth P. Waxman, Counsel of Record, Jonathan E. Nuechterlein, Jonathan G. Cedarbaum, Judith E. Coleman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

This case presents the question whether Congress stripped the State of Hawaii of its authority to alienate its sovereign territory by passing a joint resolution to apologize for the role that the United States played in overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy in the late 19th century. Relying on Congress...

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