Updated at 3:04 p.m., Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Hawai'i appeals court to hear oral arguments
Advertiser Staff
In an effort to make appellate courts "more accessible to members of the public," the state Intermediate Court of Appeals will now hear oral arguments on the second Wednesday of each month, beginning next week.Two cases will be taken up Sept. 12. The first, at 9 a.m., involves a challenge to the Legislature's budgetary transfer of millions of dollars in fees collected by the state from insurance companies.
The second case, filed by the Right To Know Committee against the city, will be argued at 10:15 a.m. It involves allegations that members of the Honolulu City Council violated the state sunshine law by holding closed-door leadership reorganization meetings.
The court hears arguments in the Supreme Court courtroom.
Schedules of future arguments will be posted on the Judiciary's Web site, www.courts.state.hi.us.