Case Title: Stop Rail Now v. Sakamoto

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
LAW LIBRARY

No, 29327
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STOP RAIL NOW, LET HONOLULU VOTE, LEAGUE OF WOMEN
VOTERS OF HONOLULU, SENSIBLE TRAFFIC ALTERNATIVES
RESOURCES, INC. dba HONOLULU TRAFFIC. COM, PAUL DE GRACIA,
PAUL E. SMITH, ROBERT KESSLER, WARREN P. BERRY,
JEREMY LAM, M.D., SCOTT R. WILSON, DENNIS CALLAN,

‘and SEMUEL SLOM, Petitioners,

THE HONORABLE KARL K. SAKAMOTO, JUDGE OF THE”
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT, STATE OF HAWAI'I
and DENISE C. DECOSTA, in her capacity as CITY CEERK

OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, ‘Respondefifs.

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CIV. NO. 08-1-1605)

(By: Moon, C.J. Levinson) Wakayama, and Duffy, 39., and

Tnteinediate Court of Appesis Judge Hakanira,

‘in place of Reoba, J. recused)

Upon consideration of the petition for a welt of
andamus filed by petitioners Stop Rail Now, Let Honolulu Vote,
League of Women Voters of Honolulu, Sensible Traffic Alternatives
& Resources, Inc., Paul De Gracia, Paul . Smith, Robert Kessler,
Warren P. Berty, Jeremy Lan, M.D., Scott R. Wilson, Dennis
Ccattan, and Samet Sion and the papers in support, we conclude
that Petitioners have not demonstrated that they are entitled to
mandamus relief. See Kemay. Gaddis, 91 Hawai'i 200, 204-05, 982
P.2d 294, 328-39 (1999) (A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary
renedy that will not issue unless the petitioner demonstrates a

clear and indisputable right to relief and a lack of alternative
means to redress adequately the alleged wrong or obtain the

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d action.). Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition

 

 

s is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, September 3, 2008.

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