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DOE v. KAHALA DENTAL GROUP

No. 14647.

808 P.2d 1276 (1991)

John DOE, a pseudonym, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KAHALA DENTAL GROUP, a sole proprietorship, Ryan Maehara, D.D.S., and Edward G. Maehara, D.D.S., Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 15, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk H. Cashmere (David S. Brustein with him on the briefs; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation, of counsel), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Nishimoto (Calvin E. Young and Patricia T. Fujii with him on the brief; Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe, Chong & Nishimoto), Honolulu, for defendants-appellees.

Before PADGETT, Acting C.J., WAKATSUKI and MOON, JJ., intermediate court of appeals Chief Judge BURNS, in place of LUM, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge HUDDY, in place of HAYASHI, J., recused.

PADGETT, Acting Chief Justice.

In this case, appellant filed a five-count complaint and appellees answered. Appellant designated himself by the pseudonym John Doe, and claims that such a procedure is authorized by HRS § 325-101. While we have very substantial doubt that HRS § 325-101 authorizes the procedure used in this case, a determination of that issue is not necessary to a determination of the case.

Appellant's claims are founded upon a contention...

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