Hawaii Circuit Court

E623370

appellate court state trial court

The Hawaii Circuit Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in Hawaii, handling major civil and criminal cases and serving as an appellate court for decisions from lower district courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
First Circuit Court of Hawaii	1
Hawaii Circuit Court canonical	1
Hawaii Circuit Courts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6799492 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hawaii Circuit Court
Context triple: [Kauai District Court, hearsAppealsTo, Hawaii Circuit Court]

A. Kauai District Court
Kauai District Court is a state trial court on the island of Kauai in Hawaii that handles traffic, criminal, and civil cases of limited jurisdiction for the local community.
B. Hawaii State Supreme Court
The Hawaii State Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the State of Hawaii, responsible for interpreting the state constitution and overseeing the administration of Hawaii’s judicial system.
C. U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Hawaii.
D. Hawaii State Judiciary
The Hawaii State Judiciary is the unified court system of the State of Hawaii, responsible for administering justice through its trial and appellate courts across the islands.
E. District of Hawaii
The District of Hawaii is the federal trial court jurisdiction covering the U.S. state of Hawaii within the United States federal judiciary.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hawaii Circuit Court
Target entity description: The Hawaii Circuit Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction in Hawaii, handling major civil and criminal cases and serving as an appellate court for decisions from lower district courts.

A. Kauai District Court
Kauai District Court is a state trial court on the island of Kauai in Hawaii that handles traffic, criminal, and civil cases of limited jurisdiction for the local community.
B. Hawaii State Supreme Court
The Hawaii State Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the State of Hawaii, responsible for interpreting the state constitution and overseeing the administration of Hawaii’s judicial system.
C. U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Hawaii.
D. Hawaii State Judiciary
The Hawaii State Judiciary is the unified court system of the State of Hawaii, responsible for administering justice through its trial and appellate courts across the islands.
E. District of Hawaii
The District of Hawaii is the federal trial court jurisdiction covering the U.S. state of Hawaii within the United States federal judiciary.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ state trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals ⓘ linked to: Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii Hawaii Supreme Court ⓘ linked to: Hawaii State Supreme Court
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
courtLevel	intermediate appellate for district court cases ⓘ trial court ⓘ
employs	circuit court judges ⓘ per diem judges ⓘ
fifthCircuitCovers	County of Kauai ⓘ linked to: Kauai County
firstCircuitCovers	City and County of Honolulu ⓘ linked to: Honolulu County
governedBy	Hawaii Revised Statutes ⓘ
handles	civil cases exceeding district court monetary limits ⓘ contract disputes ⓘ felony criminal cases ⓘ guardianship matters ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ probate matters ⓘ tort cases ⓘ
hasCircuit	Fifth Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit First Circuit ⓘ Second Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Third Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
hasDivision	civil division ⓘ criminal division ⓘ family court division ⓘ land and tax appeal divisions ⓘ probate division ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.courts.state.hi.us ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Hawaii District Court ⓘ linked to: Hawaii District Courts Hawaii Small Claims Court ⓘ linked to: Hawaii District Courts small claims division certain Hawaii administrative agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Hawaii ⓘ linked to: Hawaii
locatedIn	Hawaii ⓘ
organizedBy	judicial circuits ⓘ
partOf	Hawaii State Judiciary ⓘ
secondCircuitCovers	County of Maui ⓘ linked to: Maui County
servesAs	appellate court for Hawaii District Courts ⓘ appellate court for certain state administrative agencies ⓘ
subjectTo	Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ linked to: Hawaii Rules of Civil Procedure (as applicable on review) Hawaii Rules of Evidence ⓘ Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure ⓘ linked to: Hawaii Rules of Penal Procedure (as applicable on review)
supervisedBy	Hawaii Supreme Court ⓘ linked to: Hawaii State Supreme Court
thirdCircuitCovers	County of Hawaii ⓘ linked to: Hawaii County
uses	jury trials in certain civil cases ⓘ jury trials in criminal cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kauai District Court → hearsAppealsTo → Hawaii Circuit Court ⓘ

Hawaii State Judiciary → hasTrialCourt → Hawaii Circuit Courts ⓘ

linked to: Hawaii Circuit Court

Honolulu District → partOf → First Circuit Court of Hawaii ⓘ