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MONTALVO v. CHANG

Nos. 7289, 7696 and 7697.

641 P.2d 1321 (1982)

Roxanne MONTALVO, on behalf of herself and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Violet ARBAS and Sharleen Lee, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants. Danielle VON HIRAM and Violet Arbas, on behalf of themselves and all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Andrew CHANG, in his capacity as Director, Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii; State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

February 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charleen M. Aina, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu (Dewey H. Kim, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, on opening and reply briefs in Nos. 7696 and 7697), for defendants-appellants.

William S. Hunt, Honolulu (Paul Alston, Honolulu, on answering brief in Case No. 7289; Paul, Johnson & Alston, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., LUM and NAKAMURA, JJ., and OGATA and MENOR, Retired Justices, assigned by reason of vacancies.

NAKAMURA, Justice.

These consolidated appeals concern attorneys' fees awarded by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit after the entry of judgments against the State of Hawaii, its Department of Social Services and Housing, and the Director of the Department, Defendants-appellants (hereafter referred to collectively as the State), in three class actions brought by recipients of financial assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (hereafter...

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