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CITY COUNCIL v. SAKAI

No. 6357.

570 P.2d 565 (1977)

CITY COUNCIL of the City and County of Honolulu, by its Special Committee of the Whole to Investigate the Kukui Plaza Urban Renewal Project, and Hart, Leavitt & Hall, a Hawaii Partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James SAKAI, Director of Finance of the City and County of Honolulu, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

October 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph R. Slaton, Deputy Pros. Atty., Corp. Counsel, City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

David W. Hall and William S. Hunt, Honolulu (Hart, Leavitt & Hall, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.

KIDWELL, Justice.

We are again required to consider the propriety of the employment, by the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu (the "Council"), of advisers of its own selection to provide services which the executive department stands ready to provide. In an action brought to compel payment for legal services contracted for by the Council, judgment was entered for the plaintiffs and this appeal followed. We affirm.

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