State Supreme Court / Haw.

Kernan v. Tanaka

Decided August 9, 1993. Herman Lum wrote the opinion for the court.

856 P.2d 1207 · Cited 93 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

State v. Kim · 711 P.2d 1291
Sandy Beach Defense Fund v. City Council · 773 P.2d 250
State v. Wyatt · 687 P.2d 544
Evans v. Takao · 842 P.2d 255
Aguiar v. Hawaii Housing Authority · 522 P.2d 1255
State v. Kuba · 706 P.2d 1305
Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535
Earl M. Jorgensen Co. v. Mark Construction, Inc. · 540 P.2d 978
Silver v. Castle Memorial Hospital · 497 P.2d 564
State v. Paahana · 666 P.2d 592
State v. Melemai · 643 P.2d 541
Bertelmann v. Taas Associates · 735 P.2d 930
State v. Moniz · 742 P.2d 373
Hong v. Kong · 683 P.2d 833
Sifagaloa v. Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System · 840 P.2d 367
HOH Corp. v. Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board · 736 P.2d 1271
Armstrong v. Manzo · 380 U.S. 545

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Freitas v. Administrative Director of the Courts · 116 P.3d 673
State v. Bohannon · 74 P.3d 980
Brown v. Thompson · 979 P.2d 586
State v. Heapy · 151 P.3d 764
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Minton v. Quintal. · 131 Haw. 167
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