OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS v. CAYETANO

No. 23309.

6 P.3d 799 (2000)

94 Hawai`i 1

OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, Rowena Akana, Haunani Apoliona, Donald Cataluna, A. Frenchy Desoto, Louis Hao, Clayton Hee, Collette Machado, Hannah Springer, and Mililani Trask, in their Capacity as Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Petitioners, v. Benjamin J. CAYETANO, in his Capacity as Governor of the State of Hawai`i, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Hawai'i.

August 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. McCorriston, Robert G. Klein, and Jonathan H. Steiner, of McCorriston, Miho, Miller, Mukai, on the briefs, Honolulu, for petitioners.

Earl I. Anzai, Attorney General, Girard D. Lau and Charleen M. Aina, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs, for respondent.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and RAMIL, JJ. with ACOBA, J., Concurring Separately.


Opinion of the Court by RAMIL, J.

This is an original proceeding brought by Petitioners Office of Hawaiian Affairs and its trustees (OHA) and Respondent Governor Benjamin Cayetano, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Hawai`i (Respondent), on an agreed statement of facts pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 602-51 and Hawai`i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 182 to answer...

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