SHOPO v. SOC. OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS

No. 19583.

927 P.2d 386 (1996)

83 Hawai`i 378

STATE OF HAWAI`I ORGANIZATION OF POLICE OFFICERS (SHOPO), Plaintiff-Appellee, and Doe Police Officers 1 through 4, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS-UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I CHAPTER, a non-profit organization, Defendants-Appellees, and City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, and Michael Nakamura, in his capacity as Chief of the Honolulu Police Department, Defendants-Appellants, and Liberty [Newspapers Limited] Partnership dba The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, an Arkansas limited partnership; Gannett Pacific Corporation dba The Honolulu Advertiser, a Delaware corporation; Burnham Broadcasting Co. dba KHONTV2, a Delaware corporation; TAK Communications, Inc. dba KITV, a Maryland corporation; and Lee Enterprises, Inc. dba KGMB-TV9, an Iowa corporation, Defendants-Intervenors, and State of Hawai`i, Office of Information Practices, Defendant-Intervenor (Civ. No. 94-0547); and SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS-UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I CHAPTER, a non-profit organization, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Honolulu Police Department, and Michael Nakamura, in his capacity as Chief of the Honolulu Police Department, Defendants-Appellants (Civ. No. 94-0657).

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Green (David J. Gierlach with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for SHOPO.

Michael A. Lilly of Ning, Lilly & Jones, Honolulu, for Doe Officers 1 through 4.

Jeffrey S. Portnoy (Christopher I. L. Parsons with him on the briefs of Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright), Honolulu, for SPJ.

Debra A. Kagawa (former Deputy Corporation Counsel Daniel J. Kunkel on the briefs), Honolulu, for the City.

Moya T. Davenport Gray (Hugh R. Jones with her on the briefs), Honolulu, for OIP.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


MOON, Chief Justice.

These consolidated appeals1 all arise from the Society for Professional Journalists-University of Hawai`i Chapter (SPJ's) attempt, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 92F, to obtain records of disciplinary actions taken against employees of the Honolulu Police Department (HPD). The State of Hawai`i Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) and plaintiffs-intervenors Doe Police Officers 1 through 4 (Doe...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases