Hawaiian Telephone Company v. State

691 F.2d 905 112 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2836 , Unempl.Ins.Rep. CCH 21,700 HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Hawaii corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE of Hawaii DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Joshua C. Agsalud, Individually, and as Director, etc., Defendants-Appellees, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO Local 1357, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO Local 1260, and Hawaii State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-4050. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 21, 1982. Decided Nov. 4, 1982. Jared H. Jossem, Torkildson, Katz, Jossem, & Loden, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant. Frank Yap, Jr., Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, Marsha S. Berzon, Altshuler & Berzon, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SCHROEDER, NELSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. NELSON, Circuit Judge: 1 Hawaiian Telephone Company (HAWTEL) appeals from the district court's dismissal of its 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) action challenging the Hawaii unemployment tax scheme and the…