Legal Opinion

BROWN v. Bishop Trust Co.

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1961No. 4158PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Ouriam.

Upon consideration of the numerous matters presented by the petition for rehearing, but one point emerges which we deem to merit consideration. It is:

Can judgment be entered by this court on an opinion rendered after hearing by five judges of whom one was, nearly thirty years previously, employed in the office of a law firm which may be deemed to have been of counsel in the case during the time of such employment?

Assuming, arguendo, that the question can be raised for the first time by a petition for rehearing, we nevertheless are of the view that no attorney-client relationship…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Merchants' Nat. Bank of Brownsville v. CrossCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  2. Anderson v. W. G. Rawley Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Magoon v. Lord-Young Engineering Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1914
  4. In re Hawaii Telephone Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1922

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ruf v. Honolulu Police DepartmentHawaii Supreme Court · 1999
  2. K. M. Young & Associates, Inc. v. CieslikHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. State v. MidkiffHawaii Supreme Court · 1966

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