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· 12/21/2007

'Ōlelo v. Office of Information Practices

Citations

  • 173 P.3d 484
  • 116 Haw. 337
  • 2007 Haw. LEXIS 377

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that in the absence of a legislative definition of a term, courts can look to legal and lay dictionaries for guidance as to the term’s meaning
  • \Findings of fact ... that are not challenged on appeal are binding on the appellate court.\
  • “Findings of fact ... that are not challenged on appeal are binding on the appellate court.”
  • “our foremost obligation [is] to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the legislature” (citations omitted)

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Judges: Moon, Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy

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