Legal Opinion
Tagawa v. Maui Publishing Co.
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided April 27, 1967No. 4524PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT BY
LEWIS, J.
Plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment granted defendant newspaper publisher under the rule of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964). On the record the following are undisputed facts :
Plaintiff is a member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Maui, widely known in the county and elsewhere in the State as a public official. Plaintiff is known as “Tom Tagawa” and also as “Honest Tom.”
During the first week of January, 1962, County of Maui employees were observed using county equipment to pave private driveways of two houses owned by…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. KeoghCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Afro-American Publishing Co., Inc. v. Eli Jaffe, T/a Douglas PharmacyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Linus Pauling v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- DiLeo v. KoltnowSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
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