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On January 31, 2008, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the State of Hawaii had to resolve the unrelinquished claims of Native Hawaiians before selling ceded lands. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the portion of the decision based upon the federal Apology Resolution on March 31, 2009. The Court remanded the case back to the Hawaii State Supreme Court to reconsider its decision based upon state law. The majority of the suit was subsequently settled out of court, and the Hawaii Supreme Court dismissed the remaining, non-settled claims as unripe.
On November 14, 2008, The Honolulu Advertiser published an editorial titled, "Resolve Claims Before Selling Ceded Lands." One week later, another editorial was published in the Honolulu Advertiser titled, Ceded Lands Appeal Should Be Withdrawn.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 40 and Senate Resolution 25 urged the Governor to withdraw her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and declared "the public policy of the State of Hawaii is to honor the decision of the Hawaii State Supreme Court."
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