ARAKAKI V. CAYETANO -- A Multiethnic Group of 16 Hawai'i Citizens File Suit Challenging the Constitutionality of Both the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act

Editor's note: This lawsuit was filed March 4, 2002 in the U.S. District Court in Honolulu. It will be referred to informally as Arakaki#2. (There was a previous successful lawsuit filed in July 2000 with the same first-named plaintiff, Mr. Earl Arakaki, regarding the right of candidates to run for OHA trustee without racial restrictions. That previous lawsuit, now informally known as Arakaki#1, has extensive information at
https://www.angelfire.com/hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/arakaki.html )

Everything below here pertains to Arakaki#2. Non-lawyers can certainly read and understand most of the main points in these documents. Lawyers will note that captions, certificates of service, and other documents have not been included here. The intention is to present the most important documents of greatest interest to the general public.

PRESS RELEASE EXPLAINING THE NEW LAWSUIT (March 4, 2002); AND A BRIEF HISTORICAL TIMELINE REGARDING THE “CEDED LANDS”

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AND INJUNCTION

NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES FOR MEMO IN SUPPORT (This is a list of the legal citations that will be offered in the memo, which is the next item below. Lawyers like to list their bibliography of sources before the document that will cite those sources. Non-lawyers might want to skip this table of authorities.)

MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DECLARATION OF PLAINTIFF SANDRA PUANANI BURGESS WITH EXHIBIT LIST

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