Kinkaid v. Board of Review of the City and County of Honolulu

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• recognizing that courts are authorized to set aside administrative action that is without evidentiary support
• stating that “HRS § 91-li ... is a statute of broad application, governing judicial review of contested proceedings before government agencies generally” (emphasis added)
• stating that “the legislature must be presumed not to intend an absurd result, such that legislation will be construed to avoid, if possible, inconsistency, contradiction, and illogicality” (internal quotation marks, brackets, and citation omitted)
• noting that in order for this court to exercise appellate jurisdiction over an appeal from agency action “the proceeding that resulted in the unfavorable agency action must have been a ‘contested case’ hearing—ie., a hearing that was 1
• reading “entitled” to be similar to “entitlement” which is a “[r]ight to benefits . . . which may not be abridged” (alterations in original)

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