Judiciary

...Hawaii's Supreme Court said a plaintiff's own negligence can't reduce damages for a defendant's intentional fraud....

... The statutory definition of the "aloha spirit" seems very much like any other progressive non-deist religion ....

... A watchdog organization filed a complaint Monday accusing the University of Hawaii of unlawfully withholding public records that reveal whether climate activists and legal advocates influence climate lawsuits ....

...Ketanji Brown Jackson is creating a body of “KBJ law” that other judges can cite to defy SCOTUS....

"...This is nothing more than an unserious screed rather than a reasoned opinion....”

... The victim in the case reported that Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....

"...the Complainant's conviction of child abuse is relevant because the legislature is host to numerous children on school excursions...." -- Hawaii Civil Rights Commission

... a rulemaking process to establish the maximum amount each electric utility may pay to resolve claims arising from any covered catastrophic wildfires ....

... Fiscal Year 2025 audit of the Estate and Probate Branch of the Small Estate Section of the First Circuit Court ....

...People can go in to stores and steal up to $1000 worth of stuff  …Hawaii District Courts will not hold a misdemeanor suspect longer than 72 hours… out of 20,000 HPD arrests, we’ve got 23-46 people at OCCC....

... the nomination deadline is June 29, 2026 ....

...whether Philip Morris can slash a lung cancer survivor’s damage by blaming her for becoming addicted to cigarettes....

...Both the Oahu First Circuit Court and the Intermediate Court of Appeals sided against him....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... “raised in the boiler room of local politics” ....

... Judge Annalisa Bernard Lee, Maui and Judge Michael Soong, Kauai ....

... The case over a banned pesticide used on banana plantations in Costa Rica has spanned thirty years and multiple courts ....

... A Ninth Circuit panel said a federal judge misinterpreted a key aviation liability law when tossing claims against an aircraft manufacturer named in a wrongful death lawsuit ....

... agreeing with its argument that the United States lacks standing to sue over hypothetical allegations ....

... two on Oahu, one on Big Island ....

... State Senators, July 29, 2021, rejected the nomination by a 6-17 vote after critics openly complained about Gluck’s ethnicity and gender.  ....

...BIPC is awarding its Lava Tube dishonor to “Legislator X,” the elected official caught on tape accepting a paper bag containing $35,000....

... five nominees for Kauai, none for Maui ....

... JSC sends Green list of five nominees ....

... the Governor must appoint a judge from a list of nominees submitted by the Judicial Selection Commission within 30 days ....

... to ensure that individuals required by law to report suspected abuse or neglect, have the knowledge and tools necessary to carry out this critical responsibility ....

... McKenna today appointed two individuals to serve in the District Court of the First Circuit (island of Oʻahu), and one individual to serve in the District Court of the Third Circuit (island of Hawaiʻi) ....

...Char served as a deputy public defender on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi and later as supervising deputy public defender for the Kauaʻi office....

...There are two Hawaii Supreme Court cases pending that involve fights over the extent to which courts can get involved in taxation at all....

... The Judicial Selection Commission is accepting applications and nominations ....

... Granillo struck her in the parking lot, dragged her into his car, drove her to a beach, held her at knifepoint and repeatedly sexually assaulted and beat her before she escaped ....

... While the AG was counting her chickens, barristers worked through the holidays to bring the preliminary injunction appeal to justice ....

... Hawaii's Attorney General is involved in many of these cases ....

... The court has already issued preliminary orders staying the courthouse arrest policies within ICE’s San Francisco area of responsibility, which covers Northern California, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands ....

“...Without actual harm, Hawaii lacks standing to sue...."

... one circuit judge, one district judge ....

... the cruise lines alleged that the tax appeal system we have here is anything but plain, speedy, and efficient ....

... CHOICES: the first lesbian justice, Andy Winer's law partner, and three other dudes ....

... pre-trial rulings have barred a civil jury from hearing about the violent "crime spree" that terrorized our community for three days ....

... The agencies are the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness ....

... Isaiah McCoy, who exploited multiple victims including a minor, received life in prison in federal court, in a volatile sentencing hearing marked by his outbursts ....

... By eliminating affirmative action as a defense for Kamehameha’s admissions policy, SFA has done us all a favor ....

...littoral property owners are owed nothing for the temporary regulatory taking of small portions of accreted beach....

... a case testing manufacturer immunity under a 1994 federal law ....

... Not ready for Prime Time ....

... Notice of Judicial Vacancy – Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit (island of Kauai) ....

... The court decision sharply reverses stringent secrecy rules ....

... Recktenwald is stepping down in accordance with the State of Hawaiʻi’s constitutional requirement that judges and justices retire at the age of 70 ....

... Associate Justice Sabrina S. McKenna will become Acting Chief Justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court on October 1, 2025, following the retirement of Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald ....

"The Judiciary and its partners plan to continue offering expungement and bench warrant recall clinics as part of their shared commitment to expanding access to justice for all."