No. 29391 (December 15, 2008)
Opinion [pdf]
PER CURIAM
In this original proceeding, petitioners Colleen Hanabusa, individually and in her capacity as Senate President, and Norman Sakamoto, individually and in his capacity as Chair of the Senate Committee on Education (petitioners), petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus directing Linda Lingle, Governor of the State of Hawaii (respondent), to forthwith nominate six candidates to the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents from the list of qualified candidates duly presented to respondent on February 21, 2008 by the Candidate Advisory Council pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 304A-104.5(b) (Supp. 2007).
On December 4, 2008, we issued an order granting the petition and directed respondent to nominate, within thirty days, six regent candidates from the list of qualified candidates duly presented to respondent on February 21, 2008 by the Candidate Advisory Council.
