DOE v. KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS/BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE

No. 04-15044.

470 F.3d 827 (2006)

John DOE, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Jane Doe, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Josephine Helelani Pauahi Rabago, Intervenor, KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS/BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE; Constance H. Lau, Nainoa Thompson, Diane J. Plotts, Robert K.U. Kihune, J. Douglasing, in their capacities as Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Grant, Sacramento, CA; John W. Goemans, Kamuela, Hawaii; Michael Stokes Paulsen, Minneapolis, MN, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanford, California; David Schulmeister, Cades Schutte LLP, Honolulu, HI, for the defendants-appellees.

Patrick M.K. Richardson, McCracken, Byers & Haesloop LLP, San Mateo, CA; Mark J. Bennett, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Girard D. Lau, Deputy Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; Alexander E. Dreier, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC; Jeffrey N. Watanabe, Honolulu, HI; David M. Forman, Honolulu, HI; Wayne M. Pitluck, Pitluck, Kido, Stone & Aipa LLP, Honolulu, HI; Richard A. Guest, Native American Rights Fund, Washington, DC, and Carol H. Daniel, Alaskan Federation of Natives, Anchorage, AK; Carrie K.S. Okinaga, Corporation Counsel for the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI; Moses K.N. Haia III, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Honolulu, HI; Clayton A. Kamida, Torkildson, Katz, Fonseca, Moore & Hetherington, Honolulu, HI; John Ishihara, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Honolulu, HI; Eric K. Yamamoto, Honolulu, HI, for amici curiae.

Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and HARRY PREGERSON, STEPHEN REINHARDT, ALEX KOZINSKI, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, SUSAN P. GRABER, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, RICHARD A. PAEZ, MARSHA S. BERZON, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, JAY S. BYBEE, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted En Banc June 20, 2006.

Opinion by Judge GRABER; Concurrence by Judge W. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge BYBEE; Dissent By Judge RYMER; Dissent By Judge KLEINFELD; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff John Doe, a student who has no Hawaiian ancestry, applied for admission to Defendant Kamehameha Schools, a private, non-profit K-12 educational institution in Hawaii that receives no federal funds. He was denied entry...

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