Case Title: Hanabusa v. Lingle

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
No, 29391

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

 

COLLEEN HANABUSA, Individually and in her capacity as
‘Senate President and NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Individually
and in his capacity as Chair of the Senate
Committee on Education, Petitioners,

 

vs. : 2
LINDA LINGLE, Governor, State of Hawai'i, Respondent 7
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(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy,"bs.") &

upon consideration of Respondent Governor Linda
Lingle’s “motion to amend order filed December 4, 2008 to permit
additional time to appoint the second at-large regent of the
University of Hawaii" and the papers in support, in opposition,
and in reply,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to amend the
Decenber 4, 2008 order is denied. Respondent shall, within five
days of the date of this order, nominate the second at-large
regent of the University of Hawaii from the list of qualified
candidates duly presented to respondent on February 21, 2008 by
the Candidate Advisory Council.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, January 20, 2009.

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Associate Justice Levinson, who heard oral argument in this case,
retired from the bench on Oecesber 30, 2008. gee Hawai Revised staruces
§ 602-10 (Supp. 2007) ("After oral argunent of a cage, if 2 vacancy

w the case say be decided or disposed of upon the concurrence of
nonbers of the court without filling the vacancy ox the place of
such justice.)