{
  "id": 12052346,
  "title": "Maui $1.35M lot fight: $7M judgment vacated after 32 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/maui-1-35m-lot-fight-7m-judgment-vacated-after-32-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T18:10:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-1994-don-williams-paid-1-35-million-for-1-137-acres-beside-mauis-maalaea-harbor-32-years-later-a-hawaii-appeals-court-vacated-a-7-million-compensation-judgment-in-the-states-long-running-eminent-domain-fight/articleshow/134679058.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 1994, Don Williams paid $1.35 million for 1.137 acres near Maui’s Maʻalaea Harbor. More than three decades later, Hawaiʻi’s Intermediate Court of Appeals vacated a Circuit Court judgment awarding $7 million in his long-running eminent-domain case. The appellate court found competing valuation evidence created factual disputes requiring further proceedings over just compensation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}