United States Ninth Circuit

Native Hawaiians had a significantly protectable interest at stake in equal protection challenges related to provision of state benefits to natives, but could not intervene as a matter of right where their interests were adequately protected by existing parties.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/14/2003
• Decided 03/31/2003
• Published 03/31/2003

Judges

• HUG, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HUG, ALARCÓN, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Walter R. Schoettle and Emmett E. Lee Loy, Honolulu, HI, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charleen M. Aina, Deputy Attorney General, Sherry P. Broder, Robert G. Klein, McCorriston, Miller, Mukai, MacKinnon, LLP, Honolulu, HI, for the defendants.