Here’s the three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that will decide what will happen to a federal lawsuit involving Honolulu’s $5.26 billion rail project:

Senior Circuit Judge Mary M. Schroeder

Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt

Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz

Oral arguments are currently ongoing in San Francisco. We’re catching a live stream at Hawaii’s federal courthouse in downtown Honolulu.

—Nick Grube

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