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STATE v. NAKANELUA

Nos. 30444, 30568, CAAP-10-0000166.

323 P.3d 136 (2014)

132 Haw. 492

STATE of Hawai`i; City and County of Honolulu; County of Hawai`i; County of Maui; County of Kauai; Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation; and the Judiciary, Complainants/Appellees-Appellees (Case No. CU-10-278) v. Dayton NAKANELUA, State Director, United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO (2009-42), Respondents/Appellants-Appellants, and Hawai`i Labor Relations Board; James B. Nicholson; Sesnita A.D. Moepono; and Rock B. Ley, Agency/Appellees-Appellees. United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO, Complainant/Appellant-Appellant (Case No. CE-10-726), v. Neil Dietz, Chief Negotiator, Office of Collective Bargaining, State of Hawai`i (2009-043), Respondent/Appellee-Appellee, and Hawai`i Labor Relations Board; James B. Nicholson; Sesnita A.D. Moepono; and Rock B. Ley, Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 09-1-2488). United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO, Union-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. State of Hawai`i; The Judiciary; Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation, Employers-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, and City and County of Honolulu (2009-044), Employer-Appellee (Special Proceedings No. 09-1-0305). State Of Hawai`i, City and County of Honolulu; County of Hawai`i; County of Maui; County of Kauai; Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation; and the Judiciary, Complainants/Appellees-Appellees (Case No. CU-10-278), v. Dayton Nakanelua, State Director, United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO (2009-042), Respondents/Appellants-Appellants, and Hawai`i Labor Relations Board; James B. Nicholson; Sesnita A.D. Moepono; and Rock B. Ley, Agency/Appellees-Appellees. United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO, Complainant/Appellant-Appellant (Case No. CE-10-726), v. Neil Dietz, Chief Negotiator, Office of Collective Bargaining, State of Hawai`i (2009-043), Respondent/Appellee-Appellee, and Hawai`i Labor Relations Board; James B. Nicholson; Sesnita A.D. Moepono; and Rock B. Ley, Agency/Appellees-Appellees (Civil No. 10-1-0323).

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

As Corrected April 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert R. Takahashi , Rebecca L. Covert , Davina W. Lam , (Takahashi and Covert, AAL), on the briefs, for United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO and Dayton Nakanelua.

James E. Halvorson , Nelson Y. Nabeta , Jeffrey A. Keating , Deputy Attorneys General Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawai`i, on the briefs, for State of Hawai`i; the Judiciary, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; and Neil Dietz.

Valri Lei Kunimoto , Hawai`i Labor Relations Board, on the briefs, for the Hawai`i Labor Relations Board and its members.

NAKAMURA, Chief Judge, and FOLEY and LEONARD, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by NAKAMURA, Chief Judge.

These consolidated appeals stem from a dispute between government employers and a government-employee union regarding the process of selecting a neutral arbitrator after an impasse was reached in the parties' renegotiation of their collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for a new term. The type of arbitration involved in this case, known as "interest arbitration,"

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