DEJETLEY v. KAHO`OHALAHALA

No. 29919.

226 P.3d 421 (2010)

Alberta S. DEJETLEY; John R. Dela Cruz; Deborah Yooko Dela Cruz; Laurie Ann Delima; Roy Y.H. Delima; Michael "Phoenix" Dupree, Garek Paul Eligado; Sheila A. Eligado; Lawrence G. Endrina; Darlene Janice Endrina; Reynold Masaji Gima; Bruce Harvey; Jennifer Philomena Lichter; Ron McComber; Phyllis S. McComber; Sherri Mora; John W. Ornellas; Gail Riener French; Neal S. Tamashiro; Tom Urpanil, Jr.; and Beverly Zigmond, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Solomon P. KAHO`OHALAHALA, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

February 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Kupchak, Robert H. Thomas & Elizabeth Burroughs, (Damon Key Leong Kupchak & Hastert), Honolulu, on the briefs, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Philip P. Lowenthal & Benjamin E. Lowenthal, Wailuku, on the briefs, for defendant-appellee.

MOON, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, DUFFY, and RECKTENWALD, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by ACOBA, J.

We hold that 1) the plain language and construction of § 3-3 of the Charter of the County of Maui (CCM) requires a mandatory and immediate forfeiture of office should a council member violate the § 3-3 residency requirement and that such forfeiture automatically results in an immediate vacancy of that office; 2) impeachment under § 13-13 of the CCM and recall under § 12-1, et seq. of the CCM are not remedies for...

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