Toraki Matsumoto v. Raymond K. Pua, City Clerk, City and County of Honolulu, and Democratic Party of the State of Hawaii, and James Kumagai, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees. Toraki Matsumoto v. United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, and Raymond K. Pua, City Clerk, City and County of Honolulu, Real Party in Interest, and Democratic Party of the State of Hawaii, and James Kumagai, Real Parties in Interest

775 F.2d 1393 54 USLW 2303 Toraki MATSUMOTO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Raymond K. PUA, City Clerk, City and County of Honolulu, Defendant-Appellee, and Democratic Party of the State of Hawaii, and James Kumagai, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellees. Toraki MATSUMOTO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the DISTRICT OF HAWAII, Respondent, and Raymond K. Pua, City Clerk, City and County of Honolulu, Real Party in Interest, and Democratic Party of the State of Hawaii, and James Kumagai, Real Parties in Interest. Nos. 85-2728, 85-7568. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 25, 1985. Decided Nov. 12, 1985. Boyce R. Brown, Cynthia H.H. Thielen, Brown & Johnston, Richard D. Wurdeman, A. Edward Fyffe, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellants. Jerrold Guben, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from Denial of a Preliminary Injunction and Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before KENNEDY, HUG, and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges. HUG, Circuit Judge: 1 Three former Honolulu City Councilmen and their supporters seek emergency relief to allow the councilmen…