Opinion ID: 870353
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: coupe's current appeal (second appeal)

Text: On June 10, 2009, Coupe filed its notice of appeal on Condemnation 1 to the ICA, appealing the court's May 14, 2009 Supplemental FOFCOL for Statutory Damages, the court's May 14, 2009 Order granting Coupe's March 20, 2009 Motion for statutory damages, and the court's May 14, 2009 Supplemental Final Judgment. On July 1, 2009, Coupe filed its notice of appeal on Condemnation 2, appealing the court's Supplemental FOFCOL as to Condemnation 2, the court's June 19, 2009 order denying Coupe's Motion to Alter Judgment in Civ. No. 05-1-015K, and the court's May 14, 2009 Supplemental Final Judgment. [13] This court accepted Coupe's motion to transfer the Second Appeal from the ICA to this court on December 21, 2009. Coupe's opening brief contains two parts. First, related to the court's judgment on Condemnation 2, Coupe argues that (1) Condemnation 2 was per se pretextual under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and article I, section 20 of the Hawai'i Constitution[,] (2) the undisputed evidence reveals that County's stated purpose in Resolution 31-03 was patently and obviously pretextual, because the actual purposes for Condemnation 2 were to insulate County from liability to Oceanside [under the Development Agreement] and to [Coupe under HRS § 101-27], and to provide an overwhelming private benefit to Oceanside[,] and (3) if this court sustains Condemnation 2, the court's award of just compensation was erroneous because it did not take into account the appreciation in land values between 2000 and 2005. Second, related to Condemnation 1, Coupe argues that under HRS § 101-27, Coupe was entitled to (1) attorneys' fees and costs for preparing and litigating the propriety of fees, which were denied in the court's May 14, 2009 Order on Coupe's March 20, 2009 Motion, and (2) prejudgment interest to compensat[e] for the loss of use of funds[,] which the court denied in its May 14, 2009 Supplemental FOFCOL for Statutory Damages.