HAWAI`I STATE AFL-CIO; Gary W. Rodrigues; Russell Okata; Keith Ahue; Jackie Fergusen-Miyamoto; Donald Abdul; Nilda Chock; Clayton Dela Cruz; Guy Fujimura; Carmen Gomez; Leonard Hoshijo; Jonathan Kane; Mark Matsumoto; Stuart McKinley; Richard Rutt; Lawrence Sakamoto; Howard Tasaka; Peter Trask; Adaline Uhrle; George Yasumoto; Michael Amii; Genevieve Baker; Dennis Chang; Patricia A. Chow; Garen R. Deweese; Leslie Anne Deweese; Jan Doi; Robert Doi; Melvin Fong; Kay Fujimoto; Kimberly Haines; William Hoshijo; Marsha R. Joyner; Calvin Koseki; Leimalama Lee Loi; Alyce Ma; Robert Matsunaka; Laverne Moore; Cherie Nagao; Craig Nahm; Ayako Nakanishi; Douglas Pang; Larry Sakoda; Ethel Shintaku; Andrei Soto; Carl Sunada; George Thomas; Leilani Thomas; Linda N. Thomas; Jeanine Tsuchiya; Maureen Wakuzawa; Harry Wood; Lana Young, Plaintiffs,
v.
Dwayne D. YOSHINA, as Chief Elections Officer; Mazie K. Hirono, as Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawai`i; Margery S. Bronster, as Attorney General of the State of Hawai`i; Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawai`i; and the State of Hawai`i, Defendants.
Supreme Court of Hawai`i.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 24, 1997.
March 24, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Herbert R. Takahashi and Rebecca L. Covert of Takahashi, Masui & Vasconsellos, and Marsha S. Berzon and Lowell Finley of Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Berzon & Rubin, pro hac vice, on the briefs, Honolulu, for plaintiffs.
Russell A. Suzuki, E. Diane Erickson, John P. Dellera and Jon S. Itomura, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendants.
Mark J. Bennett (of counsel, McCorriston Miho Miller Mukai), on the briefs, Honolulu, for Amicus Curiae Citizens for a Constitutional Convention and Let the People Decide.
Shelton G. W. Jim On of Jim On & Beerman, and Richard R. Clifton of Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Amicus Curiae Republican Party of Hawaii.
David H. White, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.
Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.
Supreme Court of Hawai`i.
MOON, Chief Justice.
In this original proceeding brought pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 11-172 (1993),1 Plaintiffs seek a judgment that a November 5, 1996 general election ballot measure on whether to convene a constitutional convention did not receive the required affirmative mandate as required by article XVII, section 2 of the Hawai`i Constitution. Because the majority of the ballots cast on the question did not reflect...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
