'Ōlelo v. Office of Information Practices

Opinion of the Court by

DUFFY, J.

Defendants-Appellants the Hawaii Office of Information Practices and Les Kondo, Director of Office of Information Practices, in his official capacity [hereinafter, collectively OIP], appeal from the June 30, 2005 final judgment of the circuit court of the first circuit 1 entered pursuant to its May 23, 2005 order that (1) granted summary judgment to Plaintiff-Appellee, ‘Olelo: the Corporation for Community Television (‘Olelo), and (2) denied OIP’s cross-motion for summary judgment.

On September 6, 2002, OIP issued OIP opinion letter number 02-08 (‘Olelo letter).…