E & J LOUNGE v. LIQUOR COM'N OF HONOLULU

No. 27940.

174 P.3d 367 (2007)

E & J LOUNGE OPERATING COMPANY, INC., a Hawai`i corporation, Appellant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee, v. LIQUOR COMMISSION OF the CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Appellee-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and H. James Stahl, Tyson J. Thomas, Randi Thomas, Emily Reed, and Bill Maxwell, Intervenors-Appellees, Intervenors-Cross-Appellants.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

December 24, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane W.H. Pang, deputy corporation counsel, City and County of Honolulu, on the briefs, for appellee-appellant/cross-appellee.

Christian P. Porter and David W.H. Chee (Brooks Tom Porter & Quitiquit), Honolulu, on the briefs, for appellant-appellee/cross-appellee.

H. James Stahl, Randi Thomas, Tyson J. Thomas, Bill Maxwell, and Emily Reed, on the briefs, intervenors-appellees/intervenors-cross-appellants pro se.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., and WATANABE, J.; and NAKAMURA, J., Dissenting.


Opinion of the Court by WATANABE, J.

This secondary appeal by Appellant-Appellee/ Cross-Appellee E & J Lounge Operating Company, Inc. (E & J) from the denial of a liquor dispenser general license (liquor license) raises two issues: (1) whether Appellee-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu (the Commission) was required to hold a "contested case" hearing in accordance with Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) chapter 91 before...

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