Bush v. Hawaiian Homes Commission

NAKAYAMA, Justice.

Ho'olehua, Moloka'i residents Leiff Koa Bush and Martin D.L. Kahae (Appellants) appeal from a denial of their request for judicial review of the Hawaiian Homes Commission’s (Commission) approval of third party agreements between non-Hawaiian farmers and native Hawaiian lessees pursuant to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. The dispositive question is whether the circuit court had jurisdiction to review an agency appeal brought under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS), chapter 91, the Hawai'i Administrative Procedures Act (HAPA), pursuant to HRS § 91-14(a) (1985). Because a…