KAHO`OHANOHANO v. STATE

No. 26178.

162 P.3d 696 (2007)

George KAHO`OHANOHANO, Loren Andrade, State of Hawai`i Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO), Pauline Efhan, and Norma Caravalho, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees and Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto, Henry F. Beerman, Odetta Fujimori, Darwin J. Hamamoto, Pilialoha E. Lee Loy, Alton Kuioka, Colbert M. Matsumoto, and Georgina Kawamura in their official capacities as Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Hawai`i and not in their individual capacities, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. STATE of Hawai`i, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant and City and County of Honolulu, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant/Cross-Appellee and County of Kaua`i, County of Maui, and County of Hawai`i, Additional Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

July 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Davis and Michael Livingston (Davis Levin Livingston Grande); Peter Gruenstein (pro hac vice) (Gruenstein & Hickey); Peter J. Maassen (pro hac vice) (Ingaldson Maasen, P.C.); and Will Aitchison (pro hac vice) (Aitchison & Vick, Inc.) for Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Robert Bruce Graham, Jr. and James K. Mee (Ashford & Wriston) for Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Clyde W.M Matsui and Archie T. Ikehara (Matsui Chung Sumida & Tsuchiyama) for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant State of Hawai`i.

Paul A. Schraff, Special Deputy Corporation Counsel (Dwyer Schraff Meyer Jossem & Bushnell) for Intervenor Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant/Cross-Appellee City and County of Honolulu.

Margaret Hanson, Deputy County Attorney, County of Kaua`i for Additional Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant County of Kaua`i.

Cheryl Tipton, Deputy Corporation Counsel, County of Maui for Additional Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant County of Maui.

Katherine A. Garson and Joseph K. Kamelamela, Deputies Corporation Counsel, County of Hawai`i, for Additional Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant County of Hawai`i.

NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, JJ., and Circuit Judge TOWN, in place of DUFFY, J., Recused; and MOON, C.J., Dissenting, with whom LEVINSON, J., joins.


Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold, in this appeal by Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees George Kaho`ohanohano (Kaho`ohanohano), Loren Andrade (Andrade), Pauline Efhan (Efhan), Norma Caravalho (Caravalho), and the State of Hawai`i Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) [collectively, Plaintiffs] and Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto, Henry F. Beerman, Odetta Fujimori, Darwin J. Hamamoto, Pilialoha E. Lee Loy, Alton...

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