BIG ISLAND SMALL RANCHERS ASS'N v. STATE

No. 6073.

588 P.2d 430 (1978)

BIG ISLAND SMALL RANCHERS ASSOCIATION, Ernest Deluz, Ernest Texeira, Robert Jose, William Ramos, Masato Kawamoto, Abraham S. Ramos, Merle Toledo, John J. Andrade, Jon S. Ramos, Edward V. Souza, Ernest S. Ramos, Ernest Pung and Gilbert Motta, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii, Board of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii, Christopher Cobb, as Chairman of the Board of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii, Parker Ranch, Inc., Kukaiau Ranch, Inc., C. Brewer, Inc., Theo. H. Davies, Inc., John Doe 1-100 and Richard Roe Corporations 1-100, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

December 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Christensen and Paul Mark Clark, Hilo, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edwin P. Watson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendants-appellees, State of Hawaii et al.

Dennis O'Connor, Honolulu (J. Garner Anthony, Honolulu, on the brief; Anthony, Hoddick, Reinwald & O'Connor, Honolulu, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Richard Smart.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and LUM, Circuit Judge, in place of KIDWELL, J., recused.


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

This is an appeal by plaintiffs, Big Island Small Ranchers Association (BISRA), an unincorporated association, Ernest Deluz, Robert Jose, Masato Kawamoto, Merle Toledo, Ernest Pung and Gilbert Motta,1 (collectively appellants) from a judgment filed by the circuit court of the third circuit dismissing appellants' complaint and granting summary judgment for defendants-appellees, the State of Hawaii, the State Department...

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