Price v. Akaka

915 F.2d 469 Nui Loa PRICE, Dr., aka Maui Loa, individually and in his capacity as chief of Hou Hawaiians; The Hou Hawaiians, a native Hawaiian Ohana; Kamuela Price, individually and in his capacity as member of elder council of the Hou Hawaiians, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Moanikeala AKAKA; Rod Burgess; Clarence Ching; Frenchy Desoto; Louis Hao et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-15169. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 16, 1990. Decided Sept. 25, 1990. Kamuela Price, Haleiwa, Hawaii, pro se. Walter R. Schoettle, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Dr. Nui Loa Price and the Hou Hawaiians. Charlotte E. Libman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Before SCHROEDER and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and KEEP, * District Judge. CANBY, Circuit Judge: 1 Nui Loa Price, Kamuela Price and the Hou Hawaiians (hereinafter "Price"), all native Hawaiians, appeal from the district court's dismissal of their action, brought under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 , for damages against the trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Price alleges that the defendants contravened federal law…