DOE v. KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS/PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE

No. 09-15448.

596 F.3d 1036 (2010)

Jacob DOE, a minor, by parents and next friends, James and Joyce Doe; Janet Doe, a minor, by parents and next friends James and Joyce Doe; Karl Doe, a minor, by parents and next friends, Kirk and Kate Doe; Lisa Doe, a minor, by mother and next friend, Laura Doe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS/BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP ESTATE; Nainoa Thompson, in his capacity as Trustee; Diane J. Plotts, in her capacity as Trustee; Corbett A.K. Kalama, in his capacity as Trustee; Robert K.U. Kihune, in his capacity as Trustee; J. Douglas Ing, in his capacity as Trustee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Grant, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP, New York, NY, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: ROBERT R. BEEZER, SUSAN P. GRABER and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Few tenets of the United States justice system rank above the conflicting principles presented in this case: the transparency and openness of this nation's court proceedings and the ability of private individuals to seek redress in the courts without fear for their safety. The plaintiffs, four minor children ("the Doe children"), seek to proceed anonymously in their suit against Kamehameha Schools' allegedly race-based admissions policy. The...

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