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From January 15, 1848, to December 6, 1852, it was known as the Superior Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii. From December 6, 1852, to January 17, 1893, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii. From January 17, 1893, to July 4, 1898, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Republic of Hawaii.
The Supreme Court of Hawaii is the highest court of the State of Hawaii in the United States. Its decisions are binding on all other courts of the Hawaii State Judiciary . The principal purpose of the Supreme Court is to review the decisions of the trial courts in which appeals have been granted.
Pages in category "Justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
State of Hawai'i v. Christopher L. Wilson is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. [1]It concluded that "there is no state constitutional right to carry a firearm in public" and that "as the world turns, it makes no sense for contemporary society to pledge allegiance to the founding era’s culture, realities, laws, and understanding of the [American] Constitution."
The Hawaii State Supreme Court is the state supreme court. It is the high court of the state and makes binding decisions over appeals from the lower courts upon transfer from the Intermediate Court of Appeals and cases eligible to be heard directly by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. It is also responsible for court rules, licensing and disciplining ...
Burdick v. Takushi, 504 U.S. 428 (1992), was a Supreme Court case in which the court held that various Hawaiian laws which worked to effectively prohibit write-in voting were not in violation of the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment. The court reasoned that under Hawaii's election laws, it was relatively easy to sign up and be ...
The U.S. Supreme Court, the Hawaiian court wrote, "distorts and cherry-picks historical evidence" and "discards historical facts that don't fit" to support its emphasis on an individual right.
Robert Gordon Klein (born November 11, 1947) [1] is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from March 31, 1992, to February 4, 2000. He was appointed by governor John Waihee. [2] [3] He left office 8 years into his 10-year term to join a private firm. He is part Hawaiian. [2] He graduated from Punahou School in 1965.