Title: Gannett Pacific Corporation v. Fujioka

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

No. 29821
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
GANNETT PACIFIC CORPORATION,

dba The Honolulu Advertiser, Petitioner, 2

BARON S. FUJIOKA,
tor, State Procurenent Offic:

 

Administ

  

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

‘ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and Recktenwald, JJ.)

Upon consideration of the petition for a writ of
mandamus filed by petitioner Gannett Pacific Corporation, dba the
Honolulu Advertiser and the papers in support, it appears that
the issuance of an invitation for bids involves the exercise of
discretion and judgment by respondent State Procurement Office
Administrator. See Hawai'i Administrative Rules §§ 3-122-10, 3
122-13, 3-122-16.06, 3-122-21. Therefore, petitioner is not
entitled to mandamus relief. See Hanabusa v. Lingle, 119 Hawai'i
341, 347, 198 P.3d 604, 610 (2008) (Mandamus relief is available
to compel an official to perform a duty allegedly owed to an
individual only if the individual's claim is clear and certain,
the official’s duty is ministerial and so plainly prescribed as
to be free from doubt, and no other remedy is available. A duty
is ministerial where the law prescribes and defines the duty to
be performed with such precision and certainty as to leave
nothing to the exercise of discretion and judgment.).

Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, gune 2, 2009.

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