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Star-Advertiser motion to expedite
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PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER’S MOTION TO EXPEDITE APPEAL MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION DECLARATION OF ROBERT H. THOMAS EXHIBITS “A” – “C” CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE DIANE D. HASTERT 2240-0 ROBERT H. THOMAS 4610-0 MARK M. MURAKAMI 7342-0 REBECCA A. COPELAND 7869-0 DAMON KEY LEONG KUPCHAK HASTERT
1003 Bishop Street, Suite 1600 Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 www.hawaiilawyer.com Telephone: (808) 531-8031 Facsimile: (808) 533-2242 Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER’S MOTION TO EXPEDITE APPEAL The Plaintiff-Appellee Oahu Publications, Inc., dba Honolulu StarAdvertiser (Star-Advertiser) moves this Court pursuant to Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-15(f) (1993) and Haw. R. App. P. 27 to expedite this appeal and give it “precedence on the docket over all other cases and ... [assign it] for hearing and trial or for argument at the earliest practicable date and expedite[ it] in every way.” Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-15(f) (1993). This is an appeal by the Defendant-Appellant Neil Abercrombie, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Hawaii (Governor Abercrombie), asserting that the circuit court abused its discretion when it awarded mandatory attorneys’ fees and costs to the StarAdvertiser. Governor Abercrombie kept secret the list of judicial nominees presented to him by the Hawaii Judicial Selection Commission, and the court held that he violated the Uniform Information Practices Act, Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 92F (UIPA), and ordered him to disclose the lists. UIPA requires the award of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs to the prevailing plaintiff, and the circuit court concluded the fees and costs incurred by the Star-Advertiser were reasonable, “given the novel and complex issues presented by this case[.]” Governor Abercrombie appealed, asserting the award was unreasonable. He has sought a stay of the judgment from the circuit court pending appeal. As an appeal under UIPA, consideration of this case must be take precedence, and the Plaintiff-Appellee Star-Advertiser requests this Court enter an order establishing an expedited briefing and argument schedule. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, July ___, 2012. Respectfully submitted, DAMON KEY LEONG KUPCHAK HASTERT ________________________________________ DIANE D. HASTERT ROBERT H. THOMAS MARK M. MURAKAMI REBECCA A. COPELAND Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC.,
dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser
NO. CAAP-12-0000625 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba Honolulu) Star-Advertiser, ) ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) vs. ) ) NEIL ABERCROMBIE, in his official ) capacity as Governor of the State of Hawaii, ) and DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1- ) 10, ) ) Defendants-Appellants. ) ) 1CIVIL NO. 11-1-1871-08 KKS (Other Civil Action) APPEAL FROM THE ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS, filed November 28, 2011 Circuit Court of the First Circuit Hon. Karl K. Sakamoto
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF MOTION The Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act, Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 92F (UIPA) requires that appeals in UIPA cases have docket preference, and must be expedited: Except as to cases the circuit court considers of greater importance, proceedings before the court, as authorized by this section, and appeals therefrom, take precedence on the docket over all cases and shall be assigned for hearing and trial or for argument at the earliest practicable date and expedited in every way. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-15(f) (1993) (emphasis added). The plaintiff-appellee Oahu Publications, Inc., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Star-Advertiser) requests this Court establish an expedited briefing and argument schedule in this appeal. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Governor Abercrombie Invited A Lawsuit Challenging His To Disclose JSC Lists Governor Neil Abercrombie (Governor Abercrombie) repeatedly rejected the Star-Advertiser’s requests that he publicly disclose the list of nominees
1A. Refusal
presented to him by the Judicial Selection Commission (JSC) to fill the vacancy in the office of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii created by Governor Lingle’s appointment of Mark Recktenwald as Chief Justice. Governor Abercrombie took the position that “until a court, with the benefit of a full evidentiary record determines that the Governor is mistaken in his understanding that the JSC’s lists are confidential, and more importantly that disclosure will not frustrate the JSC’s and his responsibility to nominate and appoint the justices and judges of the State’s courts, the Governor cannot be required to disclose the contents of the JSC’s list[.]” See Exhibit “A” (Complaint, Civil No. 11-1-1871-08 KKS, ¶ 32); Declaration of Robert H. Thomas (Thomas Dec.).1 Consequently, on August 23, 2011, the Star-Advertiser instituted a lawsuit under UIPA and the Declaratory Judgment Act (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 632-1) to compel disclosure of JSC lists, and requested the circuit court expedite the case. Id. B. Governor Abercrombie Ordered To Disclose On December 21, 2011, the circuit court held that Governor Abercrombie illegally kept the JSC lists secret, and ordered him to publicly disclose them: the court granted the Star-Advertiser‘s motion for summary judgment and denied Governor Abercrombie’s cross motion. See Exhibit “B” (Order Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment (filed October 18, 2011) and Denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (filed October 28, 2011)). The court concluded that JSC lists are public records under UIPA, and that Governor Abercrombie could not, as a matter of law, show that any exception to UIPA’s presumption in favor of disclosure allowed him to keep JSC lists secret. The court held that “a governor must disclose JSC lists of judicial nominees after the Senate consents to a judicial appointment, at the latest.” Id. The court also ordered that under UIPA’s mandatory cost-shifting provision (Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-15(d)), Governor Abercrombie would be assessed “reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other expenses reasonably incurred in the litigation.” Id. C. Mandatory Attorneys’ Fees And Costs Assessed On June 8, 2012, the circuit court concluded that “given the novel and
The Record on Appeal has not yet been transmitted. Thus, the circuit court proceedings are referenced by the exhibits attached hereto.
complex issues presented by this case[,]” $67,849.19 in attorneys’ fees and $1,177.87 in costs and expenses were reasonable under Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F15(d). See Exhibit “C” (Order Granting Plaintiff Oahu Publications, Inc., dba Honolulu StarAdvertiser’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, filed November 28, 2011). On July 6, 2012, Governor Abercrombie appealed, and is asserting only that the circuit court abused its discretion when it concluded the fees and costs assessed were reasonable. JEFS Dkt. 3 (Civil Appeal Docketing Statement). II. ARGUMENT As noted on page 1, supra, all UIPA “proceedings” are entitled to expedited consideration in the circuit courts and on appeal. UIPA mandates that “[e]xcept as to cases the circuit court considers of greater importance, proceedings before the court, as authorized by this section, and appeals therefrom, take precedence on the docket over all cases and shall be assigned for hearing and trial or for argument at the earliest practicable date and expedited in every way.” Haw. Rev. Stat. § 92F-15(f) (1993). This section “requires the courts to expedite UIPA cases.” State of Haw. Org. of Police Officers (SHOPO) v. Soc’y of Prof’l Journalists-Univ. of Haw. Chapter, 83 Haw. 378, 392, 927 P.2d 386, 400 (1996) (UIPA’s “conference committee report explains that the bill will provide for immediate access to the courts when an agency refuses to release records.”) (internal quotation marks and brackets omitted) (quoting Conf. Comm. Rep. No. 112-88, in 1988 House Journal, at 818)). The Legislature included both appeals of judgments compelling disclosure and appeals of assessments of fees and costs: section 92F-15(f) requires expedited treatment of all “proceedings before the court, as authorized by this section,” which includes proceedings under subsection (d), the provision that required the circuit court to assess fees and costs against Governor Abercrombie, the issue on which he now appeals. III. CONCLUSION The Star-Advertiser requests this Court expedite its consideration of this appeal, and establish a briefing and argument schedule to insure disposition “at the earliest practicable date.” DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, July __, 2012. 3
Respectfully submitted, DAMON KEY LEONG KUPCHAK HASTERT ________________________________________ DIANE D. HASTERT ROBERT H. THOMAS MARK M. MURAKAMI REBECCA A. COPELAND Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser
NO. CAAP-12-0000625 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) vs. ) ) NEIL ABERCROMBIE, in his official ) capacity as Governor of the State of Hawaii, ) and DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1- ) 10, ) ) Defendants-Appellants. ) ) 1CIVIL NO. 11-1-1871-08 KKS (Other Civil Action) APPEAL FROM THE ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS, filed November 28, 2011 Circuit Court of the First Circuit Hon. Karl K. Sakamoto
DECLARATION OF ROBERT H. THOMAS ROBERT H. THOMAS declares as follows: 1. I am an attorney with the law firm of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert
(Damon Key), counsel of record for Plaintiff Oahu Publications, Inc., dba Honolulu StarAdvertiser (Star-Advertiser), and am duly licensed to practice in all courts in the State of Hawai`i. 2. I make this declaration upon personal knowledge, unless otherwise
indicated, and am competent to testify to the matters stated in this declaration. 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit “A” is a true and correct copy of the Complaint
in Civil No. 11-1-1871-08 KKS, which was filed in the First Circuit Court on August 23, 2011. 4. Attached hereto as Exhibit “B” is a true and correct copy of the Order
Granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment (filed October 18, 2011) and Denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (filed October 28, 2011); Exhibit “A”, which was filed in the Circuit Court on December 13, 2011.
Attached hereto as Exhibit “C” is a true and correct copy of the Order
Granting Plaintiff Oahu Publications, Inc., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, filed November 28, 2011, which was filed in the Circuit Court on June 8, 2012. 1I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Hawaii that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this _____ day of July 2012, at Honolulu, Hawaii.
_____________________________ ROBERT H. THOMAS
NO. CAAP-12-0000625 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAII OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser, ) ) ) Plaintiff-Appellee, ) ) vs. ) ) NEIL ABERCROMBIE, in his official ) capacity as Governor of the State of Hawai`i, ) and DOE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1- ) 10, ) ) Defendants-Appellants. ) ) 1CIVIL NO. 11-1-1871-08 KKS (Other Civil Action) APPEAL FROM THE ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER’S MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS, filed November 28, 2011 Circuit Court of the First Circuit Hon. Karl K. Sakamoto
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this date a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion to Expedite Appeal; Memorandum in Support of Motion; Certificate of Service; and Notice of Electronic Filing, were duly served on the following party at their last known address, in the manner described below: JEFS ELECTRONICALLY DAVID M. LOUIE Attorney General ROBYN B. CHUN CHARLEEN M. AINA Deputy Attorneys General 425 Queen Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Governor of the State of Hawaii U.S. MAIL
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, July ____, 2012. DAMON KEY LEONG KUPCHAK HASTERT ________________________________________ DIANE D. HASTERT ROBERT H. THOMAS MARK M. MURAKAMI REBECCA A. COPELAND Attorneys for Plaintiff-Appellee OAHU PUBLICATIONS, INC., dba Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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