UPDATE: Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Wal-Mart Burial Case

The Hawaii Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear an appeal to a case stemming from the inadvertent discovery of 42 sets of Native Hawaiian burials during construction of the Honolulu Wal-Mart in 2003 and 2004.

The decision, which was handed down without further explanation, is effectively the end of the line for plaintiffs who had argued that the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting should have consulted with the Hawaii Historic Preservation Division before issuing Wal-Mart's permits.

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