Legal Opinion
Kostick v. Nago
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided May 22, 2012No. Civil No. 12-00184 JMS-LEK-MMMPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION; APPENDIX ‘A”
The Hawaii Constitution specifies the use of permanent residents as the relevant population base in apportioning state legislative seats. In a 2012 decision, the Hawaii Supreme Court laid out the appropriate method for determining permanent residents by extracting non-resident military personnel and their dependents, and non-resident students from the base count. The Reapportionment Commission adopted a new plan to comply with that directive.
This electoral challenge asks us to consider the constitutionality of the…
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- Kostick v. NagoDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 2013