Cruise Lines International Association, Inc.; et al v. Suganuma; et al

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Case Number:

1:25-cv-00367

Court:

Hawaii

Nature of Suit:

Constitutional - State Statute

Judge:

JILL A. OTAKE

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  1. November 26, 2025

    State & Local Tax Takeaways From November

    From a win for A&E Television Networks over New York City's unincorporated business tax to Colorado voters' approval of ballot measures to raise income taxes on high earners, November was a lively month for state and local tax. Here, Law360 looks at these and other state and local tax highlights from the past month.

  2. November 24, 2025

    Toss Of Transient Tax Case Shouldn't Be Stayed, Hawaii Says

    Hawaii's motion in federal court to dismiss a complaint over the expansion of the state's transient occupancy tax to cruise ship passengers has progressed too far for the court to grant a stay of the motion, the state said in a filing.

  3. November 18, 2025

    US Asks To Join Cruise Industry's Challenge To Hawaii Tax

    The federal government should be allowed to join a cruise industry trade group's case against the state of Hawaii and several counties over the extension of a transient occupancy tax to cruise passengers, the U.S. Department of Justice told a Hawaii federal court.

  4. October 07, 2025

    Cruise Cos. Say Tax Injunction Act Doesn't Bar Hawaii Suit

    A group of cruise companies should be allowed to proceed with their complaint against the state of Hawaii for an extension of a transient occupancy tax to cruise passengers, the companies told a federal district court, saying the Tax Injunction Act doesn't bar the complaint.

  5. August 28, 2025

    Hawaii Transient Tax Is Unconstitutional, Cruise Cos. Say

    The extension of Hawaii's 11% transient accommodation tax to cruise ship passengers under a new law violates the U.S. Constitution, a group of cruise companies told a U.S. district court.