§602-6 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1972, c 88, §2(h).
§602-6 Criteria for assignment of cases. In assigning a case to the appropriate court of appeal under section 602-5(8), the chief justice or the chief justice's designee may consider the following among other relevant matters and their substantiality in determining whether the case involves a question of such importance that it should be assigned to the supreme court:
(1) Whether the case involves a question of first impression or presents a novel legal question; or
(2) Whether the case involves a question of state or federal constitutional interpretation; or
(3) Whether the case raises a question of law regarding the validity of a state statute, county ordinance, or agency regulation; or
(4) Whether the case involves issues upon which there is an inconsistency in the decisions of the intermediate appellate court or of the supreme court; or
(5) Whether the sentence in the case is life imprisonment without possibility of parole. [L 1979, c 111, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]
Note
Section repealed effective July 1, 2006. L 2004, c 202, §80.
Law Journals and Reviews
The Lum Court, Land Use, and the Environment: A Survey of Hawai`i Case Law 1983 to 1991. 14 UH L. Rev. 119.