Legal Opinion
Rice v. Cayetano
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 22, 1998No. 97-16095PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYMER, Circuit Judge.
Hawaii holds special elections for trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), who must be Hawaiian and who administer public trust funds set aside for the betterment of “native Hawaiians” and “Hawaiians,” in which only people who meet the blood quantum requirement for “native Hawaiian” or “Hawaiian” may vote.1 There is a long history behind the use and structure of the public lands trust for the benefit of descendants of the original races inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands, none of which is challenged in this appeal. Rather, we must decide only whether Hawaii may…
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