Punohu v. Sunn

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• 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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