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Lewis v. Cayetano

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1992No. 14957PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

WAKATSUKI, J.

The Kauai County Council adopted two separate resolutions proposing amendments to the County Charter. Resolution 98 proposed amending the Charter to provide for two Council members to be elected at-large and five members to be elected from separate council districts by eligible voters residing in each separate council district (Proposal 4). Under Resolution 111, four Council members would be elected at-large and three would be elected by voters residing in each of three districts (Proposal 5).

The resolutions were adopted separately, and each directed the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johnston v. IngHawaii Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Funakoshi v. KingHawaii Supreme Court · 1982
  3. THIRTY VOTERS OF CTY. OF KAUAI v. DoiHawaii Supreme Court · 1979

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. St. Thomas-St. John Board of Elections v. DanielSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2007
  2. State Ex Rel. Bronster v. YoshinaHawaii Supreme Court · 1997
  3. Watland v. LingleHawaii Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Akaka v. YoshinaHawaii Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Donald J. Trump v. Joseph R. BidenWisconsin Supreme Court · 2020

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