Kaahumanu v. County Of Maui

315 F.3d 1215 Laki KAAHUMANU; The Harvest Chapel Church of God; Sandra Barker; Double S Inc., dba A Romantic Maui Wedding, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY OF MAUI; J. Kalani English, Chair of Maui County Land Use Committee and Maui County Council Member; Patrick Kawano, Chair of Maui County Council; Dain Kane; Michael A. Davis; John Wayne Enriques; G. Riki Hokama; Dennis Nakamura; Wayne Nishiki; Charmaine Tavares, Maui County Council Members, Defendants-Appellants. No. 02-15189. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 1, 2002. Filed January 14, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED James H. Fosbinder and Rhonda M. Fosbinder, Fosbinder & Fosbinder, Kahului, HI, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Victoria J. Takayesu, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Wailuku, Maui, HI, for the defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawai`i; Alan C. Kay, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-00689-ACK. Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, ALARCÓN and FISHER, Circuit Judges. FISHER, Circuit Judge. 1 This case arises from the Maui County Council's denial of a conditional use permit that would have allowed…