Punohu v. Sunn

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PADGETT, J.

This is an appeal by the State of Hawaii from judgments entered against it in two cases brought in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit by welfare recipients for declaratory and injunctive relief against cuts in their benefits, payable by the State of Hawaii. We reverse and remand for dismissal of the suits.

There were 15 individual plaintiffs named in the original complaint in Civil No. 69201 filed in the First Circuit Court. For some reason, in the amended complaint in 69201, two plaintiffs, Gahan and Doss, were dropped and one, Relies, was added. In Civil…