LEVI v. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

No. 6631.

628 P.2d 1026 (1981)

Werner LEVI, for himself and all other persons similarly situated, the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly, and Debra A. Lee, Individually and as Senator of Associated Students, University of Hawaii, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, State of Hawaii, Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii, and Fujio Matsuda, as President of the University of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Takahashi, King Nakamura & Takahashi, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants Levi and Lees.

Thomas P. Gill, Gill, Park, Park & Kim, Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant University of Hawaii Professional Assembly.

Cynthia Winegar, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendants-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., OGATA, MENOR and LUM, JJ., and AU, Circuit Judge, in place of NAKAMURA, J., disqualified.


RICHARDSON, Chief Justice.

The issues raised by the appellants in this appeal are whether the Board of Regents' retirement policy setting the retirement age for all university employees at 65 violates Article IX, § 5 (as amended and renumbered Article X, § 6 (1978)) and the equal protection and due process clauses of the Hawaii Constitution, Article I, § 4 (as amended and renumbered article I, § 5 (1978)). This court has jurisdiction to hear the...

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