Kealoha v. Machado.

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, C.J.

Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr., Virgil E. Day, Josiah L. Hoohuli, and Patrick L. Kahawaio-laa (collectively, Plaintiffs), brought this suit against Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) trustees, 1 alleging that the OHA trustees improperly expended trust funds on Hawaiians, as opposed to native Hawaiians as defined by the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act (HHCA). 2 Plaintiffs argued that these expenditures violated the OHA trustees’ duty to expend trust funds “in the sole interest” of native Hawaiians, as required under Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 10-3(1), §§ 4 and…