· 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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