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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 659-3 (2025)

]  Forfeiture of franchise

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     [§659-3]  Forfeiture of franchise.  The several circuit courts shall have jurisdiction of all proceedings in, or in the nature of, quo warranto, brought by or in the name of the public utilities commission, or the State, for the forfeiture of the franchise of any corporate body offending against any law relating to such corporation, for misuser, for nonuser, for doing or committing any act or acts amounting to a surrender of its charter and for exercising rights not conferred upon it. [L 1972, c 90, §3(c); HRS §659-47.5; ren HRS §659-3]

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Quo warranto action may be brought to enforce "resign to run" law.  Att. Gen. Op. 86-4.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1972–1986 · leading case: Cobb v. State by Watanabe, 722 P.2d 1032 (Haw. 1986).
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Cobb v. State by Watanabe, 722 P.2d 1032 (Haw. 1986). · cites it 2× “[2] Cobb raises several constitutional arguments including the argument that state regulation of federal office seekers violates the qualifications clause of the United States Constitution.”
Ramsay Travel, Inc. v. Kondo, 495 P.2d 1172 (Haw. 1972). · cites it 4× “HRS § 659-3 provides in pertinent part: Directed to whom.”
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