Hawaii Insurers Council v. Lingle

Opinion of the Court by

FOLEY, J.

Defendants-Appellants Linda Lingle, Governor of the State of Hawai'i; Georgina K. Kawamura, Director of Finance, Department of Budget and Finance; Lawrence M. Rei-furth, Director of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA); and J.P. Schmidt, Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Division of the DCCA (collectively referred to as “the State”) appeal from the Final Judgment entered on February 27, 2006 in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit 2 (circuit court).

On appeal, the State argues that the circuit court erred(1) in ruling that, under State v.…