Q: CAN I JUST FIND A KIND OF COURT CASE , RATHER THAN GIVING PARTY NAME AND JUDGE? I NEED TO FIND CASE LAW ON A SUBJECT.
A:
A Hawaii attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for a week. It isn't fully clear what your setting is, whether you are a litigant in court, a student conducting legal research for educational purposes for a school assignment, or you're simply trying to resolve an informal dispute among neighbors.
If your situation is closer to the first two settings, my guess is that you'd need to provide some specifics on the case (like the party names you describe). You don't need to include a judge's name. That would come up under the case citation. If your setting is as a litigant, the reason for that information is that courts look to prior decisions to rule on motions or other situations. They'd want to know if a decision on an issue still stands or has been overruled.
So the short answer, without knowing your exact situation, would probably be, "yes." It would probably help you and serve your interests to provide some specific information in terms of a case citation. Good luck
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