Rice V. Cayetano
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Rice v. Cayetano, 528 U.S. 495 (2000)[#endnote_citation], No. 98-818, was a case filed in 1996 by Big Island rancher Harold "Freddy" Rice against the state of Hawai‘i and argued before the United States Supreme Court. In 2000 the court ruled that the state of Hawai‘i could not restrict eligibility to vote in elections for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to persons of Native Hawaiian descent.
Rice was represented by attorney John Goemans, an active opponent of programs, public or private, that benefit Native Hawaiians preferentially. John Roberts, current Chief Justice of the United States, argued for Benjamin J. Cayetano, the governor of Hawai‘i at the time.
The February 2000 court ruling in Rice v. Cayetano encouraged Hawaiian sovereignty opponents to file a similar lawsuit, Arakaki v. State of Hawai‘i, months later. As the Rice case resulted in non-Hawaiians being allowed to vote in OHA elections, the Arakaki case resulted in non-Hawaiians being allowed to stand as candidates in OHA elections.
External links
- ↑ [528 U.S. 495] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
- [Summary of case from OYEZ]
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