STATE v. NAKANELUA

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

345 P.3d 155 (2015)

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

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

January 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca L. Covert , Honolulu, and Davina W. Lam , for petitioner.

Nelson Y. Nabeta , Honolulu, for respondent State of Hawaii.

Sarah Hirakami , for respondent HLRB.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, POLLACK, and WILSON, JJ., and Circuit Judge TRADER, in Place of McKENNA, J., Recused.


This appeal requires us to determine which tribunal — the Hawai`i Labor Relations Board (HLRB) or the circuit court — had jurisdiction to resolve a labor dispute regarding the selection of a neutral arbitrator.

The dispute arose out of a negotiation between the State of Hawai`i and...

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