KAUAI POLICE COM'N v. CARVALHO

Nos. CAAP-13-0000015, CAAP-12-0001123.

378 P.3d 1003 (2016)

138 Hawai`i 287

KAUA`I POLICE COMMISSION, by its Commissioners Charles C.C. Iona, Chair, Mary K. Hertog, Vice Chair, Savita Agarwal, Gerald Bahouth, Kevin T. Mince, Catherine Adams, Donald K. Okami, Sr., in their official capacities, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bernard P. CARVALHO, Jr., in his official capacity as the Mayor of the County of Kaua`i, Defendant-Appellee, and Kaua`i Police Commission, by its Commissioners Charles C.C. Iona, Chair, Mary K. Hertog, Vice Chair, Savita Agarwal, Gerald Bahouth, Kevin T. Mince, Catherine Adams, Donald K. Okami, Sr., in their official capacities, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., in his official capacity as the Mayor of the County of Kaua`i, Defendant-Appellee.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

As Corrected July 1, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corlis J. Chang ( Edmund K. Saffery , Marissa L.L. Owens , and Scott K.D. Shishido with her on the briefs) for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Wendell H. Fuji ( Anthony F. Suetsugu with him on the briefs) for Defendant-Appellee.

FUJISE, Presiding Judge, LEONARD and GINOZA, JJ.


The question presented in this case is whether, under the Charter of the County of Kaua`i (2010) (Kaua`i Charter), the authority to suspend and/or otherwise discipline the Chief of Police of the County of Kaua`i (Police Chief) rests with the Mayor of the County of Kaua...

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