IN RE KAHEA

SCAP-20-0000110.

497 P.3d 58 (2021)

IN RE Investigation of: KAHEA (Department of the Attorney General, State of Hawai`i, AG Subpoena No. 2019-158).

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

September 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Naiwieha Wurdeman for petitioner.

David D. Day , ( Lawrence L. Tong , Honolulu, on the briefs) for respondent.

Lance D. Collins , ( Bianca Isaki on the briefs) for Amicus Curiae Anonymous Donors to KAHEA: The Hawai`ian-Environmental Alliance Jongwook Kim, for Amicus Curiae ACLU of Hawai`i Foundation.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, WILSON, AND EDDINS, JJ.


In July 2019, construction of an astronomical observatory (the Thirty Meter Telescope or TMT) near the Mauna Kea summit loomed. That month, law enforcement officers arrested over thirty protesters on Mauna Kea's slopes. Hoping to thwart the Thirty Meter Telescope's construction, the protesters had blocked the road...

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