HAROLD M. FONG; JUDGE IN MARCOS CASE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: New York Times

U.S. District Court Judge Harold M. Fong of Hawaii, who prompted an important constitutional ruling and became involved in the tangled legal affairs of Ferdinand Marcos, the former president of the Philippines, died Thursday at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. The lifelong resident of Honolulu was 56.

The cause was complications from heart surgery, for which he was admitted Sunday, the court announced.

Fong's court received national attention several times over the past few years. The constitutional issue, settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992, arose from a ruling the judge made two years earlier concerning …