Dick Yin Wong
Judge Wong no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wong decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Wong read consumer-credit disclosure duties from the standpoint of an ordinary borrower rather than a specialist.
“this Court does not believe that such an affirmative inquiry is required under the Act.”
He treated a meaningful opportunity to be heard as essential before a court-driven change could move a registered property boundary.
“The failure of the Hawaii Supreme Court to give the Owners a meaningful hearing before relocating their boundary inland affords adequate ground for granting the injunction requested by the Owners.”
Procedural preferences
He recognized a protected opportunity to demonstrate fitness when an official’s legal error removed an applicant from consideration.
“defendant’s misapplication of statutes to plaintiff’s eligibility status denied plaintiff a valuable ‘property’ right”
He enforced jurisdictional limits even when private parties might prefer a federal injunction.
“The Union and the Employer cannot, by private agreement or stipulation, grant the federal courts jurisdiction to issue injunctions where Congress, through the language of the Norris-La Guardia Act, has denied the federal courts such jurisdiction.”
Cautions
A notice affecting real property did not itself establish a constitutional deprivation where the owners retained use of the property.
“The defendants here have full use of their property.”
Reconsideration did not succeed when the existing legal authorities still supported the original naturalization judgment.
“For the reasons cited above, this Court must deny the Motion for Reconsideration.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby denied.”
“Accordingly, plaintiffs’ request for the convening of a three-judge federal district court is denied and their complaint for relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act is dismissed.”
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss on these two issues is correspondingly granted.”
“For the reasons cited above, this Court must deny the Motion for Reconsideration.”
“It is hereby ordered that judgment for the defendant, consistent with the opinion expressed above, shall be entered accordingly.”
“Accordingly, a proposed judgment shall be submitted by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue entering judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant, allowing a deductible loss for plaintiff Costa in the amount of $77,093.33 for the calendar year 1967, and for plaintiff Freitas in the amount of $50,000 for the taxable year ended May 31, 1967.”
“For the reasons cited herein, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is granted; defendant’s cross motion is correspondingly denied.”
“For the reasons stated above, this Court reiterates its orders of February 6, 1976 denying the Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal and Motion for Preliminary Injunction.”
“Plaintiffs, as prevailing party herein, will prepare findings of fact and conclusions of law in conformity with this Decision, and pursuant to the Rules of this Court, and Fed.R.Civ.P. 52.”
“Having been made fully aware of the issues raised, and having carefully considered the arguments, memoran-da, and reasoning of the parties, this Court has decided that plaintiffs’ motion to amend will be denied in part and granted in part.”
“Accordingly it is hereby ordered, adjudged and decreed that summary judgment be granted in favor of defendant Hawaiian Telephone Company and against plaintiff Secretary of Labor.”
“Therefore, it is hereby ordered and adjudged that summary judgment be granted in favor of defendant Johns-Manville Sales Corporation and against plaintiff Wisdom Rubber Industries, Inc.”
“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Judgment is entered requiring Defendants to identify all members of the Plaintiff class herein who were wrongfully denied a ‘casualty loss’ and to pay such class members by a forward adjustment of their food stamp benefits in an amount equal to their ‘casualty loss’ so denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The publication-selected decisions do not establish the distribution of Wong’s full caseload.
A historical record
Judge Wong no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.