BURK v. SUNN

No. 10061.

705 P.2d 17 (1985)

Elaine BURK, Sharon Geiger, Connie Faria, nka Connie Harris, Juanita Helenihi, Sharon L. Boyle, Lourdes Gasper, Audrey Garcia, Isabella Medeiros, Yonora Noble, and Jennifer Mundon, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Franklin SUNN, in his capacity as Director of the Department of Social Services and Housing, State of Hawaii, and Department of Social Services and Housing of the State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied August 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Farrell, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Ben H. Gaddis, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Hilo (Brenton Rogozen, Honolulu, with him on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.


LUM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Hawaii, Department of Social Services and Housing ("the Department") from a judgment of the circuit court which invalidated certain administrative rules promulgated by the Department in 1981 and ordered the Department to reinstate certain public welfare benefits for the period from October 1, 1981 to July 19, 1982.

The original complaint against the Department was filed in October 1981 by eight individual...

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