HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT v. DEP'T OF ATTY. GEN.

SCAP-21-0000057.

508 P.3d 1160 (2022)

HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

April 26, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Brian Black , for appellant.

Stella M.L. Kam , Honolulu ( Patricia Ohara , Honolulu, on the briefs) for appellee

WILSON AND EDDINS, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE WONG, IN PLACE OF NAKAYAMA, J., RECUSED; AND RECKTENWALD, C.J., CONCURRING IN PART AND DISSENTING IN PART, WITH WHOM McKENNA, J., JOINS.


In 2016, the Department of the Attorney General produced an explosive 555-page report1 documenting incompetence, deceptive practices, and workplace bullying in the Office of the Auditor (the Report).

Honolulu Civil Beat, an investigative news organization, has been trying to...

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