PEER NEWS LLC v. CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. SCAP-14-0000889.

376 P.3d 1 (2016)

PEER NEWS LLC dba Civil Beat, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU and Honolulu Police Department, Defendants-Appellees, and State of Hawai`i Organization of Police Officers, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

June 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keani Alapa and Vladimir Devens , Honolulu, for intervenor-defendant-appellant.

Donna Y.L. Leong , Paul S. Aoki , Duane W.H. Pang , Honolulu, and Nicolette Winter , for defendants-appellees, City and County of Honolulu and Honolulu Police Department.

Robert Brian Black , for plaintiff-appellee, Peer News LLC.

Jeffrey S. Portnoy and John P. Duchemin , Honolulu, for amicus curiae, The Reporters Committee, for Freedom of the Press.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, and WILSON, JJ., Circuit Judge CRABTREE, in place of McKENNA, J., recused, with POLLACK, J., concurring separately.


This case arises out of Civil Beat's request for the disciplinary records of twelve Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officers who were suspended for at least twenty days for various types of misconduct. HPD denied the request, and Civil Beat filed suit. The State of Hawai`i Organization of Police Officers...

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