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August Judges Collins Soils Suit May 29

Maui Lani residents can intervene in suit, judge says

2:36 p.m., Wednesday, January 30, 2008, The Maui News via the Honolulu Advertiser

WAILUKU, Maui — Saying the outcome of a lawsuit over building heights could affect more than just two Maui Lani subdivisions, 2nd Circuit Judge Joel August ordered that all Maui Lani lot owners be given an opportunity to intervene in the court case.
"They haven't even been given formal notice that what happens in this courtroom may affect their interests," August said during a court hearing Tuesday.

"Here, if the court grants the kind of declaratory relief that the plaintiffs want, it could severely affect the use of potentially hundreds of people out there who own property in all of Maui...

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