Abramson v. Board of Regents, University of Hawaii

DISSENTING OPINION OF

OGATA, J.,

WITH WHOM KOBAYASHI, J., JOINS

The Board of Regents adopted Appendix A (as it read at the time material to this action)1 sometime in 1969, the same year that President Cleveland first came to the University. Appendix A outlines specific procedures which culminate in the granting or refusal of tenure “by the Board of Regents” [Sections 1(c) and 2] and labels the decision as “The Regents’ decision” [Sections 3 and 9]. Section 13 of Appendix A states that the Faculty Personnel Committee “will forward everything to the President, who recommends appropriate action *698to…