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RICE v. CAYETANO

No. 97-16095.

146 F.3d 1075 (1998)

Harold F. RICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin J. CAYETANO, Governor of the State of Hawai`i; Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawai`i, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Goemans, Kamuela, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dorothy D. Sellers, Deputy Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees.

Before JAMES R. BROWNING, BRUNETTI and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

RYMER, Circuit Judge.

Hawaii holds special elections for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), who must be Hawaiian and who administer public trust funds set aside for the betterment of "native Hawaiians" and "Hawaiians," in which only people who meet the blood quantum requirement for "native Hawaiian" or "Hawaiian" may vote.1 There is a long history behind the use and structure of the public lands trust for the benefit of...

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