Legal Opinion
Eugene Hamamoto v. David Ige
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2018No. 15-15572PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Plaintiffs Eugene Hamamoto and John Roco allege that the temporary appointment of then-Lieutenant Governor Brian Schatz as United States senator from Hawaii violated their rights under the Seventeenth Amendment. The district court held that a vacancy election conducted five days after the filing of their complaint mooted their challenge and that the exception for cases “capable of repetition, yet evading review” did not apply. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On December 17, 2012, Senator Daniel K. Inouye passed away, creating a vacancy in the representation of Hawaii in the Senate. Hawaii Revised…
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