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WRIGHT v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.

No. 27190.

142 P.3d 265 (2006)

Jon S. Logan WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC., a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the State of Hawai`i, Defendant-Appellee, and John Does 1-50, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

August 30, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meyer M. Ueoka (of Ueoka & Ueoka), on the briefs, Wailuku, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey S. Harris and Jan Muranaka Boivin (of Torkildson, Katz, Fonseca, Moore & Hetherington), on the briefs, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.

This appeal concerns the sole question whether an employer — in this case, defendant-appellee Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. [hereinafter, Home Depot] — can legally terminate an employee — here, plaintiff-appellant Jon S. Logan Wright — because of his prior criminal record, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 378-2.5 (Supp.2002), relating to employers' inquiries into criminal conviction records...

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