Legal Opinion
Cammack v. Waihee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1991No. 87-15073PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to decide the constitutionality of a Hawaii statute declaring Good Friday a state holiday. Our task is not as simple as it might appear.
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In 1941, the Territory of Hawaii enacted a bill declaring that Good Friday, the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, shall be “set apart and established as [a] territorial holiday[].” Act effective Apr. 30, 1941, No. A-l, § 1, 1941 Haw.Sess.Laws 1. Upon statehood, the legislation was ratified and now appears as part of Hawaii Revised Statutes section 8-1, which designates Hawaii state holidays.1 Good Friday has thus been a…
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3Cited by119 opinions
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