Bert Takaaki Kobayashi Sr. (July 8, 1916 – October 6, 2005) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from July 17, 1969, to December 29, 1978.Richard Borreca, "Attorney was 'strong right arm' for Gov. Burns", ''

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'' (October 10, 2005), pp. 1, 6. Kobayashi attended President William McKinley High School, graduating in 1935. He attended Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and

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. In 1962, Governor

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appointed Kobayashi Attorney General of Hawaii, after Kobayashi turned down a previous offer from Burns to run as his lieutenant governor. Burns appointed Kobayashi to the state supreme court in 1969.

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