TRAVIS v. KING

Civ. Nos. 81-0433, 81-0438.

552 F.Supp. 554 (1982)

Craig TRAVIS, Faith Evans, Carmen Bostick, George Starbuck, Les Skillings, Laura Bolles and Dave Ellis, Plaintiffs, and Alice Scott, Anne F. Lee and Rhoda Miller, Plaintiffs in Intervention, v. Jean KING, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii; Ruben P. Mallari, John E.K. Akana, Franklin S. Kometani, Robert A. McFarlane, Franklin M. Mukai, Tom Okuda, D.W. Rose, James V. Hall and Carla Coray, Defendants. HAWAII COUNTY COMMITTEE, Democratic Party of Hawaii, Catherine Filson, Frances Hasegawa, Dixie Kaetsu, Leslie Hill, William Kikuchi, Takeshi Kudo, Tracey Lauder, Luther Nathaniel, Sr., John Santangelo and James Simpson, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Jean KING, in her capacity as Lieutenant Governor and Chief Elections Officer of the State of Hawaii, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

October 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Carroll, David A. Ezra, Michael F. O'Connor/Steven Thomas, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Craig Travis et al.

Peter J. Herman, Charles H. Hurd, Welcome S. Fawcett, Honolulu, Hawaii for intervenors Lee, Scott and Miller.

Tany S. Hong, Atty. Gen. by Francis Paul K.A. Keeno, Deputy Atty. Gen., James T. Funaki, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants.

Steven K. Christensen, Hilo, Hawaii, William J. McCarthy, Jr., Kealakekua, Hawaii, Wayne C. Metcalf, III, Robert P. Marx, Hilo, Hawaii, for Hawaii County Committee et al.

Before CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge, and KING and WILLIAMS, District Judges.


OPINION

SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge:

In 1962, the United States Supreme Court found the issue of legislative malapportionment justiciable.1 Since that time, efforts by the State of Hawaii to redraw the lines of local, state and congressional districts have been subjected to numerous attacks in both state and federal courts.2 The present action involves...

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