In Re the Estate of Bishop

CONCURRING OPINION OF

ABE, J.

As to the issues covered by the majority opinion, I am in complete agreement. However, I believe that this Court should also touch upon two other issues of major importance; and, therefore, I am constrained to express my opinion on these issues. These matters involve the Kahehameha Schools’ practices of admitting only students having Hawaiian ancestry and hiring only teachers belonging to a particular sect of the Protestant religion.

I believe that these issues ought to be reached in this opinion. As has been indicated, a proceeding for a trust accounting “involves…