Abercrombie appeals ruling to pay legal fees

The Star-Advertiser's costs are described as "unreasonable"

By Ken Kobayashi

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 10, 2012

~~<p>Gov. Neil Abercrombie is appealing a ruling ordering the state to pay nearly $70,000 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser attorney fees and costs after the newspaper prevailed in a lawsuit over the release of names of judicial finalists.</p>
<p>Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto ruled last year that the governor had to disclose the names under the state open-records law and ordered payment of legal fees and costs.</p>
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Gov. Neil Abercrombie is appealing a ruling ordering the state to pay nearly $70,000 in Honolulu Star-Advertiser attorney fees and costs after the newspaper prevailed in a lawsuit over the release of names of judicial finalists.

Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto ruled last year that the governor had to disclose the names under the state open-records law and ordered payment of legal fees and costs. Login for more...