Malahoff v. Saito

Opinion of the Court by

MOON, C.J.

This appeal arises from the efforts of defendants-appellants Russ K. Saito, in his capacity as Comptroller of the State of Hawaii (the State), and Linda Lingle, in her capacity as Governor of the State [hereinafter, collectively, the Defendants] to implement the new payroll payment plan provided in Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 78-13 (Supp.2005), quoted infra, as to the faculty members at the University of Hawaii [hereinafter, UH faculty or UH faculty members]. Under the new payment plan-—-described in the pleadings as “the payroll lag,”—pay dates would…