Dale Manufacturing Co. v. Commonwealth

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• holding that the Legislature intended agencies to have discretion regarding issuing declaratory rulings
• explaining that an administrative agency has discretion to deny declaratory relief on a ground enumerated in an agency rule
• explaining that an administrative agency has discretion to deny declaratory relief on a ground enumerated in an agency rule
• explaining that an administrative agency has discretion to deny declaratory relief on a ground enumerated in an agency rule
• explaining that HRS chapter 91 provides a “means of seeking review of agency determinations” whereby “[f]inal agency decisions or orders in contested eases may be appealed to the circuit court as provided in HRS § 91-14” (footnote omitted)
• qjuoting Peterson v. Hawaii Elec. Light Co., Inc., 85 Hawai'i 322, 327-28, 944 P.2d 1265, 1270-71 (1997), superseded on other grounds by HRS § 269-15.5 (Supp.1999)

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