[CPEO-MEF] HOUSING: "Military Families Who Sued Over Kaneohe [HI] Soil Contamination Get Another Day In Court"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military Families Who Sued Over Kaneohe Soil Contamination Get Another Day In Court
After a federal judge rejected most of their claims, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case to state court.

By Kirstin Downey   
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
December 15, 2021


Even as water contamination in military housing at Pearl Harbor draws widespread condemnation, another case - this one involving contaminated soil on the windward side of the island - is coming back into the public eye.

A set of appellate rulings by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has brought a Kaneohe military base lawsuit back to life after a federal court judge in Honolulu in 2019 dismissed almost all the claims. The dispute may soon head for trial in a state court.

At the center is a Texas-based real estate company, Hunt Cos., which operates base housing in Hawaii under the name of Ohana Military Communities. Hunt is also a landlord at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, controlling five housing areas - Catlin Park, Halsey Terrace, Radford Terrace, Doris Miller and Moanalua Terrace - that have been affected by the Red Hill fuel tank water contamination. Hunt is the nation’s largest provider of military housing.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/12/military-families-who-sued-over-kaneohe-soil-contamination-get-another-day-in-court/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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