KAHALEKAI v. DOI

Nos. 7216, 7218.

590 P.2d 543 (1979)

Miriam KAHALEKAI et al., Plaintiffs, v. Nelson DOI, Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaii, et al., Defendants. THIRTY-FOUR VOTERS OF the COUNTY OF MAUI, Plaintiffs, v. Nelson DOI, Lieutenant Governor, State of Hawaii, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Songstad, Kahului, for plaintiffs.

James T. Funaki, Honolulu, for defendants William Paty and Karen Iwamoto.

Maria L. Sousa, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendant Lieutenant Governor Doi.

Daral G. Conklin and Melvin M.M. Masuda, Honolulu, for Hawaii State Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ., and KOBAYASHI, Retired Justice, for the vacancy.


MENOR, Justice.

This is an original action seeking to invalidate the results of the November 7, 1978 general election dealing with amendments to the State Constitution presented to the electorate for its approval by the 1978 Constitutional Convention.1 The lieutenant governor's Computer-Final Report on the results of the election shows that all of the proposed amendments passed by the necessary...

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