BUSH v. HAWAIIAN HOMES COM'N

No. 16840.

870 P.2d 1272 (1994)

Leiff Koa BUSH and Martin D.L. Kahae, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Appellants-Appellants, v. HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION; Hoaliku Drake, in her official capacity as Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Andrew Apana, Nani Brandt, Dennis Kauahi, Edison Keomaka, Ann Nathaniel, Alvina Park, George Robertson, and Walter Smith, Jr., in their official capacities as members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Appellees-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

As Amended May 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F.N. Lucas (Alan T. Murakami, Carl C. Christensen and Arnold Lum, with him on the briefs; Native Hawaiian Legal Corp.), Honolulu, for appellants.

Steven S. Michaels (Girard D. Lau, George K.K. Kaeo, Jr., Clayton Lee Crowell, Kumu B. Vasconcellos, with him on the briefs), Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, for appellees.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


NAKAYAMA, Justice.

Ho'olehua, Moloka'i residents Leiff Koa Bush and Martin D.L. Kahae (Appellants) appeal from a denial of their request for judicial review of the Hawaiian Homes Commission's (Commission) approval of third party agreements between non-Hawaiian farmers and native Hawaiian lessees pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. The dispositive question is whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to review an agency appeal brought under Hawai'i Revised...

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