RGIS Inventory Specialist v. Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

Appellee-Appellant Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission [hereinafter, HCRC] appeals from the judgment of the first circuit court1 in which the circuit court overturned a declaratory order issued by HCRC. HCRC’s appeal presents three questions: (1) whether HCRC has jurisdiction to issue a declaratory ruling in a ease brought by HCRC’s own Executive Director; (2) whether HCRC correctly followed its own procedural rules in addressing the Executive Director’s petition for declaratory relief; and (3) whether Hawaii’s constitutional and statutory prohibitions against sex…