GOV'T EMPLOYEES ASS'N v. LINGLE

No. 29972.

239 P.3d 1 (2010)

HAWAII GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, AFSCME LOCAL 152, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Hawaii State Teachers Association and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, ALF-CIO, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Linda LINGLE, as Governor of the State of Hawai`i; and Does 1-10, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

September 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Bennett , Attorney General, ( Lisa M. Ginoza , First Deputy Attorney General and Deirdre Marie-Iha , Deputy Solicitor General with him on the briefs) for Defendant-Appellant Linda Lingle, as Governor of the State of Hawai`i.

Charles A. Price ( James E.T. Koshiba with him on the brief) of Koshiba Agena & Kubota, Honolulu, for Plaintiff-Appellee Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

Herbert R. Takahashi ( Rebecca L. Covert , Danny J. Vasconcellos and Rebecca L. Covert with him on the brief) of Takahashi Vasconcellos & Covert, Honolulu, and Scott A. Kronland of Altshuler Berzon LLP, pro hac vice, for Intervenor-Appellee Hawaii State Teachers Association and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO.

NAKAYAMA, Acting C.J., DUFFY and RECKTENWALD, JJ., Circuit Judge AHN in place of MOON, C.J., Recused, and ACOBA, J., Dissenting.


Opinion of the Court by NAKAYAMA, J.

Defendant-Appellant, Linda Lingle ("Lingle"), as Governor of the State of Hawai`i, appeals from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit's1 ("circuit court's") July 28, 2009 final judgment and findings of fact, conclusions of law, and order in favor of Plaintiff-Appellee, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO ("HGEA"). On appeal, Lingle presents the following points of error...

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