Legal Opinion
Arakaki v. Cayetano
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided May 8, 2002No. Civil 02-00139 SOM/KSCPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTIONS TO DISMISS ON STANDING GROUNDS; ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS (OR RECONSIDER PRIOR ORDER FINDING TAXPAYER STANDING) ON POLITICAL QUESTION GROUNDS
MOLLWAY, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiffs, some of whom are of Hawaiian ancestry, seek to stop Defendants’ provision of benefits to only persons of Hawaiian or native Hawaiian ancestry. 1 Plaintiffs identify themselves as individual taxpayers in Hawaii and beneficiaries of a public land trust.
Defendants have moved in three separate motions to dismiss this case. Defendants State of Hawaii…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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