Punohu v. Sunn

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a declaratory judgment action would not lie where a specific remedy was available under HRS § 91-14
• holding that declaratory judgment was not available because a special remedy existed under HRS ch. 91 for administrative appeals
• holding that “it would be anomalous to permit a declaratory judgment action to be substituted for an appeal from an agency determination in a contested case”
• holding that \it would be anomalous to permit a declaratory judgment action to be substituted for an appeal from an agency determination in a contested case\
• holding that a declaratory judgment action would not lie where a specific remedy was available under HRS § 91-14
• holding that in-junctive relief was inappropriate because “the same relief can be obtained through an application for a stay in the administrative appeal under Chapter 91,” and therefore “there is no lack of an adequate remedy at law available to the appellees”

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Public Access Shoreline Hawaii ex rel. Rothstein v. Hawai'i County Planning Commission ex rel. Fujimoto
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-08-31· cited 84×
• County of Hawai'i v. Ala Loop Homeowners
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2010-07-09· cited 45×
• Alaka'i Na Keiki, Inc. v. Matayoshi
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2012-05-11· cited 33×
• Ko'olau Agricultural Co. v. Commission on Water Resource Management
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-11-27· cited 30×
• Dejetley v. Kaho'ohalahala
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2010-02-10· cited 26×
• Hawai'i's Thousand Friends v. City & County of Honolulu
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 21×
• Foster Village Community Ass'n v. Hess
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1983-08-09· cited 18×
• Puana v. Sunn
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1987-06-03· cited 16×
• Costa v. Sunn
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1985-02-21· cited 14×
• Foster v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1988-03-11· cited 13×
• Asato v. Procurement Policy Board, State of Hawaii.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2014-02-14· cited 13×
• Kilakila 'O Haleakala v. University of Hawaii.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2016-10-06· cited 10×
• Alaka'i Na Keiki, Inc. v. Hamamoto
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2011-05-24· cited 9×
• Jacober v. Sunn
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1984-01-10· cited 3×
• County of Kaua'i v. Office of Information Practices
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-01-30· cited 2×
• Tomas v. Rubin
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-02-26· cited 1×
• Maui Lani Neighbors v. State
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2023-12-28· cited 1×
• Pub. Access Shoreline v. HAWAII CTY PLANNING COMMISSION
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-08-31
• County of Kauai v. OIP
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-01-30
• Maui Lani Neighbors v. State. ICA Opinion, filed 12/28/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 527. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/25/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/24/2024 [ada].
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2025-09-12

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Travelers Insurance v. Hawaii Roofing, Inc.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1982-03-12· cited 27×
• Costa v. Sunn
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1982-03-18· cited 8×

Other cases named Punohu v. Sunn

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Punohu v. Sunn
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1983-07-18· cited 1×