Hawaii Newspaper Agency v. Bronster

103 F.3d 742 65 USLW 2417 , 1996-2 Trade Cases P 71,658 , 25 Media L. Rep. 1175 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9365 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15 ,438 HAWAII NEWSPAPER AGENCY, a Delaware Limited Partnership; Gannett Pacific Corporation, a Hawaii corporation dba The Honolulu Advertiser; Liberty Newspapers Limited Partnership, as Arkansas Limited Partnership dba The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Margery S. BRONSTER, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellant. No. 96-15142. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1996. Decided Dec. 24, 1996. Girard D. Lau, Deputy Attorney General, Honolulu, HI, for defendant-appellant. Jeffrey S. Portnoy (on the briefs), Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, HI; Robert C. Bernius, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Washington DC, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, Samuel P. King, Senior District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-00635-SPK. Before WALLACE, SCHROEDER and ALARCON, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Margery S. Bronster, in her official capacity as Attorney General…