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· 12/19/1989

Sussel v. City & County of Honolulu Civil Service Commission

Citations

  • 784 P.2d 867
  • 71 Haw. 101
  • 1989 Haw. LEXIS 70

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that where an adjudicator’s actions while presiding over a matter gave rise to an appearance of impropriety, the circuit court erred in not enjoining the adjudicator from deciding the case
  • ruling that the “appearance of impropriety” required the disqualification of an administrative adjudicator
  • concluding that where an adjudicator’s actions while presiding over a matter gave rise to an appearance of impropriety, the circuit court erred in not enjoining the adjudicator from deciding the case
  • stating that \an administrative adjudicator should [not] be allowed to sit with impunity in a case where the circumstances fairly give rise to an appearance of impropriety and reasonably cast suspicion on his impartiality\
  • ruling there was no error in BLNR's decision to deny appellants' motion to disqualify hearing officer based on alleged conflict of interest creating the appearance of impropriety
  • describing Honolulu Roofing 's reference to Sawyer as “urgfing] the circuit court to apply ‘an appearance of impropriety’ test in the situation at hand and disqualify the commissioners”

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Judges: Lum, Nakamura, Padgett, Hayashi, Wakatsuki

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