WONG v. BD. OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

No. 6208.

616 P.2d 201 (1980)

Creighton WONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII; Fujio Matsuda, President, University of Hawaii; A. L. Ellingson, Chairman, Student Conduct Committee, University of Hawaii Manoa Campus; Bruce Anderson, Acting Chairman, Student Conduct Committee, University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

August 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Alston, Honolulu (Shelby Anne Floyd, Honolulu, with him on the briefs), Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cynthia Winegar, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu (Donn G. Kessler, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

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


LUM, Justice:

This appeal stems from a suit brought in the circuit court by appellant Creighton Wong, a student at the Manoa Campus of the University of Hawaii, against appellee University of Hawaii and its officials (hereinafter "University"). The suit sought injunctive and declaratory relief to enjoin the University from imposing disciplinary action against appellant. He claimed that the statement and procedures regulating student conduct which were to be used against...

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