PRICE v. AKAKA

No. 89-15169.

915 F.2d 469 (1990)

Nui Loa PRICE, Dr., aka Maui Loa, individually and in his capacity as chief of Hou Hawaiians; The Hou Hawaiians, a native Hawaiian Ohana; Kamuela Price, individually and in his capacity as member of elder council of the Hou Hawaiians, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Moanikeala AKAKA; Rod Burgess; Clarence Ching; Frenchy Desoto; Louis Hao et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kamuela Price, Haleiwa, Hawaii, pro se.

Walter R. Schoettle, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Dr. Nui Loa Price and the Hou Hawaiians.

Charlotte E. Libman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees.

Before SCHROEDER and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and KEEP, District Judge.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Nui Loa Price, Kamuela Price and the Hou Hawaiians (hereinafter "Price"), all native Hawaiians, appeal from the district court's dismissal of their action, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for damages against the trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Price alleges that the defendants contravened federal law restricting the management of Hawaiian lands previously held by the United States. The district court dismissed the action for...

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