Case Title: Ornellas v. Kahoohalahala

Citation: 

Docket Number: 29476

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-12-15T00:00:00Z

Document:
LAW LIBRARY

No. 29476
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

 

JOHN W. ORNELLAS, Plaintife,

SOLOMON P. KAHO'OHALAHALA; ROY 7. HIRAGA, in his offigial
Capacity ee the County. Chet a'the County of Sagal BF
CRONIN, in his official capacity as chiefs

KEVIN B.
Election Officer of the State of Hawai'i; and—/=
DOES 1-20, Defendants.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

OF pisurs:

Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Accba and Duffy, JJ.
and Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Foley,
in place of Levinson, J., recused)

 

 

Upon consideration of the complaint filed on
November 24, 2008, the amended complaint filed on November 26,
2008, and the motions to dismiss the complaints, it appears that
the complaints are styled as election contests brought pursuant
to HRS §§ 11-172 (1993) and 11-174.5 (Supp. 2007), but the
complaints challenge candidate Solomon Kaho'ohalahala’s
qualifications to be a member of the Maui County Council.
challenge to a candidate’s qualifications for county office must
be pursued in accordance with HRS § 12-8 (Supp. 2007), not HRS SS
11-172 and 11-174.5. Therefore,

IT 1S HEREBY ORDERED that the Novenber 24, 2008
complaint and the November 26, 2008 amended complaint are

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dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 15, 2008.

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