Carreira v. Territory of Hawaii

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

Plaintiffs were tlie parents of a twelve-year old boy, Robert Carreira. On May 27, 1949, Robert Carreira was a student in the sixth grade at the. Liholiho school, a public school of the Territory of Hawaii. On this date a school picnic and outing had been arranged at Waikiki beach in the area near the public baths. Robert Carreira and his twin brother Ralph received written permission from their mother to attend the picnic and to go swimming. The group consisted of approximately one hundred twenty-five to one hundred fifty sixth-grade students and they were…