Case Notes

• Jurisdiction: Hawaii,United States
• Citation: Vol. 19 No. 04
• Publication year: 2015
• topic: Contracts,Constitutional Law,Labor Law,Criminal Law

CASE NOTES

Supreme Court

State v. Alangcas, No. SGWG-30109, February 9, 2014, (Pollack, J.).

The appeal in this case challenged the constitutionality of Haw. Rev. Stat. § 707-756, electronic enticement of a child in the first degree, on overbreadth, vagueness, and dormant commerce clause grounds. The Hawaii Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the ICA and concluded that, based upon the plain language of the statute, its legislative history, and principles of statutory construction, the felonious intent of Haw. Rev. Stat. § 707-756 applied only to the agreement element of that statute. Having duly considered the scope of the statute, Haw. Rev. Stat. § 707-756 was neither unconstitutionally overbroad nor vague and its application did not violate the dormant commerce clause.

Labor

Adams v. CDM Media, Inc., No. SCWC-12-0000741, February 24, 2015, (Pollack, J.; Recktenwald, C.J. and Nakayama, J., concurring and dissenting). Appellant filed a complaint in the circuit court alleging that she had been subjected to employment discrimination in violation of Haw. Rev. Stat. § 378-2. Appellant claimed that Appellee's decision not to hire Appellant was due to her age. The Hawaii Supreme Court held...