Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 602-1 (2026)

  How constituted

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PART I.  SUPREME COURT

 

Cross References

 

  Uniform electronic legal material act, see chapter 98.

 

Rules of Court

 

  See generally Supreme Court Rules; Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure; Hawaii Court Records Rules; Hawaii Electronic Filing and Service Rules.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  Judicial Review and Sexual Freedom.  30 UH L. Rev. 1 (2007).

  You Say You Want a Chevrolution?  Factors Predicting the Adoption of the Chevron Standard in Agency Deference at the State Level.  38 UH L. Rev. 447 (2016).

 

     §602-1  How constituted.  The supreme court, pursuant to section 2 of article VI of the Constitution, shall consist of a chief justice and four associate justices. [L 1892, c 57, §49; am L 1903, c 32, §13; RL 1925, §2221; RL 1935, §3590; RL 1945, §9601; RL 1955, §214-1; am L Sp 1959 1st, c 5, §2(a); HRS §602-1; ree L 1979, c 111, pt of §2]

 

Cross References

 

  Retirement allowance, see §88-74.

  Tenure, removal, retirement, see Const. art. VI, §§3, 5.

 

Case Notes

 

  Provision of will of filling of vacancies among the trustees by choice of majority of the justices, how interpreted.  23 H. 575 (1917), aff'd 250 F. 145 (1980).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2013–2015 · leading case: State v. Apollonio., 311 P.3d 676 (Haw. 2013).
State v. Apollonio., 311 P.3d 676 (Haw. 2013). · cites it 2× “See Bowman, HRE Manual at § 602-1[5] (noting that the personal knowledge rule is violated when a witness concludes that a fact “musta,” i.”
Adams v. CDM Media USA, Inc., 346 P.3d 70 (Haw. 2015). “Bowman, Hawaiʻi Rules of Evidence Manual § 602-1[3] (2014-15 ed.) (finding testimony of a person on Oʻahu regarding weather on the Big Island is objectionable on lack of personal knowledge grounds); State v.”
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