AHIA v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

No. 12137.

751 P.2d 81 (1988)

William Kalaemakani AHIA, Jr., Lily A. Ahia, Samuel Keola Kaluna, Jr., Winifred Pele Hanoa, and Noa Emmett Aluli, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; Wayne Yamasaki, in his capacity as Director of the Department of Transportation; Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Georgiana K. Padeken, in her capacity as Chairman of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Hawaiian Homes Commission; Stanley Yadao, in his capacity as Vice-Chairman of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Eleanor K. Ahuna, Hoaliku L. Drake, Barbara L. Hanchett, Melvin D.L. Kalahiki, Clarence K. Kamai, Linda K. Rosehill, in their capacity as members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied March 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yuklin Aluli, Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

George K.K. Kaeo, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Dept. of the Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendants-appellees.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


NAKAMURA, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants, "native Hawaiians" who are "qualified applicants for Hawaiian Home Land leases, including leaseholds in the Kamaoa-Puueo area of Ka'u, Hawaii[,]" sought a declaration that "General Lease No. 213 [issued by the Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC or the Commission) to the Department of Transportation (DOT) is] null and void." Defendants-appellees,1 claiming an absence of genuine issues of material fact...

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