Bales v. Green

Summary

The Supreme Court of Hawaiʻi denied without prejudice a petition for a writ of mandamus or extraordinary writ concerning appointments to the Board of Registration for the island of Hawaiʻi. The court held that petitioners had not shown that qualified candidates were willing to serve, that the Governor knew of those candidates, or that the Governor unreasonably refused to appoint a qualified candidate.

Holdings

1. Petitioners did not establish that qualified candidates were willing to serve, that the Governor was aware of those candidates, and that the Governor unreasonably refused to appoint a qualified candidate; therefore, extraordinary-writ relief was unwarranted at that time.

Questions Presented

1. Whether petitioners established the prerequisites for a writ of mandamus or other extraordinary writ concerning appointments to the Board of Registration for the island of Hawaiʻi.
2. Whether extraordinary writ relief was warranted on the record before the court.

Disposition

writ_denied