Legal Opinion
Blair v. Ariyoshi
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1973No. 5537PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
This is an original proceeding1 wherein petitioner filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus requesting this court to compel the respondents, 1973 Legislative Reapportionment Commission, to comply with the “equal proportions” mandate2 of Article III, Section 4, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
Petitioner’s specific complaint centers on the following portion of respondents’ “Report and Reapportionment Plan *86of the 1973 Legislative Reapportionment Commission” on page 10:
The apportionment among the basic island units was made on the basis of the number of voters registered in the last…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Mahan v. HowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Maryland Committee for Fair Representation v. TawesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Burns v. GillDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1970
3Cited by1 opinion
- Kostick v. NagoDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 2013