Sixteen taxpayers who challenged the constitutionality of state funding of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs had no standing to bring their claims, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Susan Mollway's order Monday in the long-running Arakaki v. Lingle case brings to an end the lawsuit that initially began in March 2002 as Arakaki v. Cayetano, said Sherry Broder, one of three attorneys representing the state.