RGIS INVENTORY v. HAWAI'I CIVIL RIGHTS

No. 25679.

86 P.3d 449 (2004)

104 Hawai'i 158

RGIS INVENTORY SPECIALIST, Appellant-Appellee v. HAWAI'I CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, Appellee-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai'i.

Motion to Alter or Amend Denied April 7, 2004.

As Amended April 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ishihara, Honolulu, for the appellee-appellant Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission.

Richard M. Rand and Clayton A. Kamida (Torkildson, Katz, Fonseca, Jaffe, Moore & Hetherington), Honolulu, for the appellant-appellee RGIS Inventory Specialist.

Brent T. White for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai'i Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

April Wilson-South, Honolulu, and Susan Hippensteele for Amicus Curiae Hawai'i Women's Law Center, LLLC.

Wayson Chow, Honolulu, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Lawyers Association.

Lane Hornfeck for Amicus Curiae Hawai'i Women Lawyers.

David S. Brustein, Honolulu, and Shannon Minter for Amici Curiae National Center for Lesbian Rights, Human Rights Campaign, and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

Kim Coco Iwamoto for Amicus Curiae Kulia Na Mamo.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.


Opinion of the Court by DUFFY, J.

Appellee-Appellant Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission [hereinafter, HCRC] appeals from the judgment of the first circuit court1 in which the circuit court overturned a declaratory order issued by HCRC. HCRC's appeal presents three questions: (1) whether HCRC has jurisdiction to issue a declaratory ruling in a case brought by HCRC's own Executive Director; (2) whether HCRC correctly followed its own procedural...

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