Formal Opinions

Opinion Letter No. 89-10 December 12, 1989 Settlement Agreements; Aloha Stadium Litigation Under the UIPA's frustration of legitimate government function exception, the Department of the Attorney General may withhold access to settlement agreements in the Aloha Stadium litigation where the State has...

Opinion Letter No. 89-09 November 20, 1989 Law School Admissions Committee Membership [Please note that opinions discussing the deliberative process privilege have been materially affected by the Hawaii Supreme Court’s majority opinion in Peer News LLC v. City and County of...

Opinion Letter No. 89-08 November 20, 1989 Certified Payroll Records on Public Works Contracts [NOTE:  Section 92F-12(a)(9), the statute at issue in this opinion, was amended in 2005 and 2007, which may materially affect the conclusion reached in similar future opinions.] Under...

Opinion Letter No. 89-07 November 20, 1989 Gubernatorial Pardons Information concerning gubernatorial pardons and commutations must be made available for public inspection and copying under the UIPA. This includes the names of persons pardoned, conviction data, and the dates of the pardons....

Opinion Letter No. 89-06 November 20, 1989 Delinquent Loan Reports Delinquent loan reports maintained by the Department of Agriculture must be made available for public inspection and copying under the UIPA, since this information is specifically designated public information in section 92F-12(a)(8),...

Opinion Letter No. 89-05 November 20, 1989 Names and Occupations of Government Loan Recipients [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS, either prohibits...

Opinion Letter No. 89-04 November 9, 1989 Waiting List for Hawaiian Homelands [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS, either prohibits public disclosure...

Opinion Letter No. 89-03 November 3, 1989 Delinquent Taxes; Offers-in-Compromise Offers-in-compromise submitted by State taxpayers and accepted by the Department of Taxation should not be made available for public inspection and copying, because such records contain tax return information. State tax laws...

Opinion Letter No. 89-02 October 27, 1989 Executive Search Committee Report [OIP Op. Ltr. No. 05-03 partially overrules this opinion to the extent that it states or implies that the UIPA’s privacy exception in section 92F-13(1), HRS, either prohibits public disclosure or...

OIP Opinion Letter No. 89-01 September 11, 1989 Notices of Workers' Compensation Insurance Under the UIPA, notices of insurance, copies of contracts and policies, and statements of benefits collected and maintained by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations under section...