Bennett v. Yoshina, 140 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 1998)

Bennett v. Yoshina, 140 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 1998)

Mark J. BENNETT; Charles S. Frumin; Bobby Carinio; Mark R. Spengler; Let the People Decide; Citizens for a Constitutional Convention, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, and Jerry Beck, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dwayne D. YOSHINA, Chief, Elections Officer of the State of Hawaii; Office of Elections; Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, and; Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawaii, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants; Mark J. BENNETT; Charles S. Frumin; Bobby Carinio; Mark R. Spengler; Let the People Decide; Citizens for a Constitutional Convention, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, and Jerry Beck, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dwayne D. YOSHINA, Chief, Elections Officer of the State of Hawaii; Office of Elections; Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, and; Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees, and Hawaii State AFL-CIO; Gary W. Rodrigues; Russell Okata; Keith Ahue; Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto; Donald Abdul; Nilda Chock; Clayton Dela Cruz; Guy Fujimura; Carmela Gomez; Leonard Hoshijo; Jonathan Kane; Mark Matsumoto; Stuart McKinley; Richard Rutt; Lawrence Sakamoto; Howard Tasaka; Peter Trask; Adaline Uhrle; George Yasumoto; Michael Amii; Dennis Chang; Patricia A. Chow; Garen R. Deweese; Leslie Anne Deweese; Jan Doi; Robert Doi; Melvin Fong; Kimberly Haines; William Hoshijo; Marsha R. Joyner; Calvin Koseki; Leimalama Lee Loi; Robert Matsunaka; Laverne Moore; Janette M. Nagao; Robert H. Nagao; Craig Nahm; Ayako Nakanishi; Douglass Pang; Larry Sakoda; Ethel Shintaku; Andrei Soto; George Thomas; Leilani Thomas; Linda N. Thomas; Jeanine Tsuchiya; Maureen Wakuzawa; Harry Wood; Lana Young, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees; Mark J. BENNETT; Charles S. Frumin; Bobby Carinio; Mark R. Spengler; Let the People Decide; Citizens for a Constitutional Convention, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, and Jerry Beck, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dwayne D. YOSHINA, Chief, Elections Officer of the State of Hawaii; Office of Elections; Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, in their individual capacities; Office of Elections; Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawaii, Defendants, and Hawaii State AFL-CIO; Gary W. Rodrigues; Russell Okata; Keith Ahue; Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto; Donald Abdul; Nilda Chock; Clayton Dela Cruz; Guy Fujimura; Carmela Gomez; Leonard Hoshijo; Jonathan Kane; Mark Matsumoto; Stuart McKinley; Richard Rutt; Lawrence Sakamoto; Howard Tasaka; Peter Trask; Adaline Uhrle; George Yasumoto; Michael Amii; Dennis Chang; Patricia A. Chow; Garen R. Deweese; Leslie Anne Deweese; Jan Doi; Robert Doi; Melvin Fong; Kimberly Haines; William Hoshijo; Marsha R. Joyner; Calvin Koseki; Leimalama Lee Loi; Robert Matsunaka; Laverne Moore; Janette M. Nagao; Robert H. Nagao; Craig Nahm; Ayako Nakanishi; Douglass Pang; Larry Sakoda; Ethel Shintaku; Andrei Soto; George Thomas; Leilani Thomas; Linda N. Thomas; Jeanine Tsuchiya; Maureen Wakuzawa; Harry Wood; Lana Young, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellants; Mark J. BENNETT; Charles S. Frumin; Bobby Carinio; Mark R. Spengler; Let the People Decide; Citizens for a Constitutional Convention, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, and Jerry Beck, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dwayne D. YOSHINA, Chief, Elections Officer of the State of Hawaii; Office of Elections; Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, and; Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawaii, in their official capacities; Office of Elections, Defendants, and Hawaii State AFL-CIO; Gary W. Rodrigues; Russell Okata; Keith Ahue; Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto; Donald Abdul; Nilda Chock; Clayton Dela Cruz; Guy Fujimura; Carmela Gomez; Leonard Hoshijo; Jonathan Kane; Mark Matsumoto; Stuart McKinley; Richard Rutt; Lawrence Sakamoto; Howard Tasaka; Peter Trask; Adaline Uhrle; George Yasumoto; Michael Amii; Dennis Chang; Patricia A. Chow; Garen R. Deweese; No. 97-16596 D.C. No. CV 97-0322 Dae Leslie Anne Deweese; Jan Doi; Robert Doi; Melvin Fong; Kimberly Haines; William Hoshijo; Marsha R. Joyner; Calvin Koseki; Leimalama Lee Loi; Robert Matsunaka; Laverne Moore; Janette M. Nagao; Robert H. Nagao; Craig Nahm; Ayako Nakanishi; Douglass Pang; Larry Sakoda; Ethel Shintaku; Andrei Soto; George Thomas; Leilani Thomas; Linda N. Thomas; Jeanine Tsuchiya; Maureen Wakuzawa; Harry Wood; Lana Young, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellants

United States

Federal

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Mar. 27, 1998