
    Harold F. RICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin J. CAYETANO, Governor of the State of Hawaii; Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 97-16095.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Filed April 5, 2000
    Before: BROWNING, BRUNETTI, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
   ORDER

Pursuant to the mandate of the United States Supreme Court certified on March 14, 2000, in Rice v. Cayetano, — U.S. -, 120 S.Ct. 1044, 145 L.Ed.2d 1007, we vacated our opinion at 146 F.3d 1075 (9th Cir.1998), reverse the district court, and remand for further proceedings which are consistent with the opinion of the Supreme Court.  