State loses land-use lawsuit and must pay $1

A faulty decision by a state commission over Hawaii land use looks like it will cost the state as little as $1 instead of a previously agreed-to $1 million.
U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway recently ordered the state to pay $1 to the former developer of a planned $1 billion residential community on Hawaii island called The Villages of Aina Le‘a, which suffered an adverse ruling by the state Land Use Commission in 2011.
Last month a jury sided with the developer, Bridge Aina Le‘a