Legal Opinion
Mon Chi Heung Au v. Lum
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided June 19, 1973No. Civ. 72-3588PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge:
This is a class action challenging the constitutionality of that portion of Hawaii Revised Statutes § 580-1 which requires that a person be a domiciliary of a circuit for three months and of the State for a year before that person may apply for and receive a divorce. 1 Juris diction is based on Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201, 2202 and Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988. Pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284, a three-judge court has been impaneled and the Attorney General and Governor of Hawaii have been notified.
Plaintiffs are members of a class composed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dunn v. BlumsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by16 opinions
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