DYER v. KAZUHISA ABE

Civ. No. 1435.

138 F.Supp. 220 (1956)

John F. DYER, Plaintiff, v. KAZUHISA ABE, Toshio Ansai, Benjamin F. Dillingham II, Nelson K. Doi, John G. Duarte, Dee Duponte, John Braga Fernandes, William H. Heen, William Hardy Hill, Joe Itagaki, Herbert K. H. Lee, Noboru Miyake, William J. Nobriga, Sakae Takahashi, Wilfred C. Tsukiyama, Peter A. Aduja, George R. Ariyoshi, Elmer F. Cravalho, Masato Doi, O. Vincent Esposito, William E. Fernandes, Yasutaka Fukushima, Joseph R. Garcia, Jr., Stanley I. Hara, Manuel S. Henriques, Robert Leighton Hind, Jr., Daniel K. Inouye, Anna F. Kahanamoku, Charles E. Kauhane, Robert N. Kimura, Raymond M. Kobayashi, Russell K. Kono, Elwell Percy Lydgate, Spark M. Matsunaga, Philip P. Minn, Sumio Nakashima, Steere G. Noda, Manuel G. Paschoal, Hebden Porteus, Akoni Pule, Esther K. Richardson, Toshio Serizawa, David K. Trask, Jr., Toshiharu Yama, Nadao Yoshinaga, Samuel Wilder King, Farrant L. Turner, Demetria T. Heyfron, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Hawaii.

February 10, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hogan, Jamieson, Dyer & Rothwell, John F. Dyer, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff.

Edward N. Sylva, Atty. Gen., of Hawaii, Richard K. Sharpless, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Hawaii, Percy K. Mirikitani, Morio Omori, Deputy Attys. Gen., of Hawaii, Richard K. Sharpless, Asst. Atty. Gen., for certain defendants.

Fong, Miho, Choy & Chuck, Honolulu, Hawaii, Katsugo Miho, Honolulu, Hawaii, for certain defendants.


McLAUGHLIN, Chief Judge.

This case presents anew an age old problem of democracy, the "rotten borough." The republican principles of our government call for the equal value of each citizen's vote. An exception exists if a political solution as to geographic location has been written into fundamental law. Unfortunately, in an era where the concept of law over man is heralded as an achievement of our civilization, we find many legislators placing themselves above their...

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