SHADOWENS v. HAWAII HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 5083.

491 P.2d 114 (1971)

Geraldine SHADOWENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAWAII HOUSING AUTHORITY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Gilbert Johnston, Chief, Civil Division, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant.

E. John McConnell, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen. (Bertram T. Kanbara, Atty. Gen., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and MARUMOTO, ABE, LEVINSON and KOBAYASHI, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal involves the question of the scope of our declaratory judgment statute HRS § 632-1. The first circuit court refused to render a judgment declaring plaintiff's eligibility for the rent supplement program under HRS § 359-121 et seq. The court below held that no "actual controversy" existed as plaintiff did not present a qualified landlord at the time of her application.

HRS § 632-1 states, in pertinent part:

"Relief...

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