Kira - it is not that complex in fact. It is about the lands of the Hawaiian Islands in relation to who occupied the land in 1778 and who occupies the land today. The natives of 1778 are deemed to have a form of unregistered title to the land, including the mountain, by the US government. Known as Indian title. This title was transferred to the state while the federal govt stayed on in the role of trustee. The state's agency administers the land's use. The breach is by the federal govt in failing to enforce the trust. The 1778 native and his descendants, the Hawaiians, have both standing and a cause of action in federal court that is superior to the state as proxy for their form of title. The appeal is properly to the US Sp Ct after the state Sp Ct review on these issues. The ali'i trusts are muddying the waters by injecting royalism into the matter. The OHA is a tool of the royal land trusts. The Sherman Anti Trust Act is involved.