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Aliʻiōlani Hale is a building located in downtown Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, currently used as the home of the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court. It is the former seat of government of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and the Republic of Hawaiʻi. Located in the building's courtyard is the famed gold-leaf statue of Kamehameha the Great.
The Hawaii State Supreme Court has original jurisdiction to answer questions of law that have been passed to it from trial courts or the federal court, hear civil cases submitted to the Supreme Court on agreed statements of facts, and decide questions coming from proceedings of writs of mandamus, prohibition, and habeas corpus. [3]
Courts of Hawaii include: Aliʻiōlani Hale, in Honolulu, the building where the Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court meets State courts of Hawaii. Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court [1] Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals [2] Hawaii state circuit courts (4 circuits) [3] Hawaii State family courts (4 circuits) [4] Hawaii state district courts (including ...
Its lower floors house the courts of the first circuit, covering the City and County of Honolulu, [1] and upper floors have offices of some support departments of the Hawaii Supreme Court. [2] It is adjacent to the Hawaii State Art Museum. On August 18, 2023, the building was closed due to structural damages. [3]
State senators filled two vacant seats on the five-member Hawaii Supreme Court in unanimous confirmation decisions Tuesday during a special floor session. The separate 21-0 votes, with four ...
Before the House voted to send SB 1, HD 1 to Abercrombie, Saiki told his House colleagues at the time in written remarks : "When the Hawaii Supreme Court made its initial ruling in Baehr versus ...
In 1993, the Hawaii Supreme Court made history as the first court in the world to rule that marriage was a fundamental right to same-sex couples – years before the 2015 ruling by the U.S ...
The specific roles and names of the courts are as follows: The Hawaii State Supreme Court is the state supreme court. It is the high court of the state and makes binding decisions over appeals from the lower courts upon transfer from the Intermediate Court of Appeals and cases eligible to be heard directly by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court. It is ...