BALDEVISO v. THOMPSON

No. 5196.

504 P.2d 1217 (1972)

Tante BALDEVISO et al., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Myron B. THOMPSON, Director, Hawaii Department of Social Services and Housing, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 8, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Town, Supervising Atty., Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Wailuku (Robert Gilbert Johnston, Chief, Civil Div., Honolulu, with him on the briefs), for petitioners-appellants.

Benjamin M. Matsubara, Deputy Atty. Gen. (George Pai, Atty. Gen., Honolulu, with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

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


ABE, Justice.

The appellants are welfare applicants who claimed that their applications for welfare assistance were not processed within 30 days of receipt of the application as required by Federal1 and State2 regulations. They brought a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus before the Second Circuit Court on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. Appellees (hereinafter "Department of Social...

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