Sussel v. Civil Service Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MOON, C.J.

In 1985, appellant-appellee Malcolm A. Sussel (Sussel), former administrator of the Oahu Civil Defense Agency (OCDA) 1 of the City and County of Honolulu (City), appealed what he claimed was his illegal demotion to the State Civil Service Commission (Commission). In 1991, the Commission ruled that Sussel had not been demoted, and Sussel subsequently appealed that decision to the First Circuit Court.

In 1992, the circuit court held that the Commission had clearly erred, and that Sussel had, in fact, been demoted illegally. The court ordered that Sussel be…