FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 2, 2010

 

HONOLULU – The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) filed a petition today for writ of mandamus against the Hawai‘i legislature requesting that the Hawai‘i State Supreme Court require the legislature to enact legislation regarding OHA’s past due public land trust revenue claims during the 2011 legislative session.

Decisions by the Hawai‘i State Supreme Court in 2001 and 2006 mandating the Hawai‘i legislature to address these claims were not adhered to after proposals submitted by OHA during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 legislative sessions were rejected.  

“As a means of last resort,