Nelson v. Miwa

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

OGATA, J.

This is an appealby the University of Hawaii, various ofits officers, 1 and the State of Hawaii, hereinafter referred to as appellants, from an order enjoining them from discharging appellee from his employment at a state college solely because he attained the age of sixty-five years. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to HRS § 602-5 (Supp. 1975). We affirm.

In accordance with the employment policy imposed by the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii (as opposed to any state statute regulating public employment) 2 appellants had refused to continue…