State v. Hoshijo Ex Rel. White

Opinion of the Court by

ACOBA, J.

We hold that when reviewing a decision of the Hawai'i Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) the standard of review, pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 368-16(a) (1993), for the circuit court to apply, is de novo review. On appeal from the circuit court’s decision, pursuant to HRS § 368-16(d) (1993), this court applies the same standard of review applicable to all other appeals from the circuit court. Accordingly, the circuit court’s findings of fact are to be reviewed upon a clearly erroneous standard, and its conclusions of law are to be reviewed de novo…