'Ohana Pale Ke Ao v. Board of Agriculture, State

Opinion of the Court by

WATANABE, Presiding J.

The Board of Agriculture 1 (the Board) of the State of Hawaii (the State) appeals from: (1) the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit 2 (the circuit court) on March 3, 2006 in favor of ‘Ohana Pale Ke Ao; Kohanaild ‘Ohana; GMO-Free Hawaii; and Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter (Plaintiffs); and (2) the order granting Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and denying the Board’s motion to dismiss or for summary judgment entered on December 16, 2005.

This appeal presents two issues: (1) whether the Board was required to comply with the…