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HRS §634-13

When a judge can send a legal question to the supreme court

In certain cases where people claim the same money or property and the only issue is a legal question with no disputed facts, the judge may decide it directly. The judge can also ask the supreme court for its opinion by ordering a special case. The process then follows the usual rules for such submissions.

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The statute, as written — Questions of law; submission to supreme court

In all cases of interpleader proceedings where the question is one of law and the facts are not in dispute, the judge shall be at liberty at the judge's discretion to decide the question without directing an action or issue, and (if the judge shall think it desirable) to order that a special case be stated for the opinion of the supreme court, and the proceedings upon such case shall (as nearly as may be) be the same as upon a submission to the court according to law.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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