Case Title: Hanabusa v. Lingle

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2008-12-04T00:00:00Z

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No. 293:

 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE

 

STATE OF HAWAT'T

COLLEEN HANABUSA, Individually and in her capaci
Senate President and NORMAN ‘SAKAMOTO, individually.
‘and in his capacity as Chair of the Senate |

 
 

Committee on Education, Petitioners,

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LINDA LINGLE, Governor, State of Hawai'i, Respon:

  

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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

(By: Moon, €.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Accba, and Duffy, 33.)

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
nandamis filed by petitioners colleen Hanabusa, individually and
in her capacity as Senate President, and Norman Sakanoto,
individvally and in his capacity as Chair of the Senate committee
on Education, respondent Governor Linda Lingle’s answer, and oral
argument, we conclude that the terns of six members! of the
University of Hawaii Board of Regents expized on June 30, 2008
and the hold overs by those six regents contravene Act 56,
Sections 1 and 5, Session Laws of 2007. Therefore,

11 I9 HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for writ of
andamis 1s granted. Respondent Governor Lingle Linda 1s
directed to replace the six menbers of the University of Hawaii
Board of Regents whose terms expired on June 30, 2008 by
nominating -- within thirty days from the date of this order --

six regent candidates from the list of qualified candidates duly

' Byron Bender, Michael Dahilig, Ramon de 1a Pena, Marlene Hapai,
Catherine Lagareta, and Jane Tatibouet.
 

presented to ndent on F

 

2008 by the Candidate

 
 

Advisory Council. An opinion will follow.

 

 

lulu, Hawaii, December 4, 2008.