9th Circuit full panel to rehear KS admissions policy case
Advertiser
has breaking
news
that:The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear the case involving a non-Hawaiian student seeking to enroll at Kamehameha Schools.
[...]
The decision essentially sets aside for now a 2-1 decision by a three-member panel of the court that ruled in favor of the non-Hawaiian student on Aug. 2. The majority opinion in that panel's ruling declared that the school admission policy violated federal civil rights law.
This
means that the 9th Circuit will rehear the case
en
banc with a panel of 15 appeals judges
rehearing the case.AP also has a brief
story
in the
Star-Bulletin.Here's
KS'
press release.And here's the
item from last
year on the rehearing request filing for more
background.Update 2/23:
Today's full
Advertiser
article
and
Star-Bulletin
article,
plus a Maui
News/AP story and an
Advertiser
editorial.Later
Update: CNN has a story
via the AP, and the Moloka'i Island
Times has reactions
from Sen. J. Kalani English, Gov. Lingle and AG Bennett.
Posted: Wed - February 22, 2006 at 01:01 PM