Legal Opinion
Kawamoto v. Okata
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 1994No. 15903PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
KLEIN, J.
Petitioner Calvin Kawamoto seeks a writ of mandamus, pursuant to article III, chapter 1, section 3-103, paragraph 5, of the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu (RCH) (Supp. 1990), 1 compelling the members of the 1991 Council Reapportionment Committee for the City and County of Honolulu (Committee) to rescind their reapportionment plan in lieu of a new plan that divides the area around the town of Waipahu into no more than two council districts. Following the adoption of the final reapportionment plan by the Committee, Kawamoto filed this petition…
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