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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
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June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000388 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Eleven (11) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $38,500.00) Four Hundred Fifty Seven Dollars in United States Currency ($457.00) One (1) Digital Recording System (Estimated Value $200.00) (Total Aggregate Value $39,157.00) (Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000388 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing as Moot All Other Pending Motions in Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000388). ICA Order of Correction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000388 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Eleven (11) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $38,500.00) Four Hundred Fifty Seven Dollars in United States Currency ($457.00) One (1) Digital Recording System (Estimated Value $200.00) (Total Aggregate Value $39,157.00) (Order of Correction). ICA Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000388 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing as Moot All Other Pending Motions in Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000388, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000389 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Twelve (12) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $42,000.00) Seven Hundred Forty Four Dollars in United States Currency ($744.00) One (1) DVR (Estimated Value $100.00) (Total Aggregate Value $42,844.00) (Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000389 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). ICA Order of Correction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000389 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Twelve (12) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $42,000.00) Seven Hundred Forty Four Dollars in United States Currency ($744.00) One (1) DVR (Estimated Value $100.00) (Total Aggregate Value $42,844.00) (Order of Correction). ICA Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000389 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000390 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Fifteen (15) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $52,500.00) One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars in United States Currency ($1,883.00) (Total Aggregate Value $54,383.00) (Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000390 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). ICA Order of Correction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000390 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Fifteen (15) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $52,500.00) One Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars in United States Currency ($1,883.00) (Total Aggregate Value $54,383.00) (Order of Correction). ICA Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000390 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000391 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Fourteen (14) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $49,000.00) Forty-Seven Dollars in United States Currency ($47.00) (Total Aggregate Value $49,047.00) (Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000391 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). ICA Order of Correction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000391 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Fourteen (14) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $49,000.00) Forty-Seven Dollars in United States Currency ($47.00) (Total Aggregate Value $49,047.00) (Order of Correction). ICA Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000391 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000392 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Fifteen (15) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $52,500.00) Seven Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars in United States Currency ($779.00) (Total Aggregate Value $53,279.00) (Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000392 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). ICA Order of Correction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000392 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Fifteen (15) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $52,500.00) Seven Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars in United States Currency ($779.00) (Total Aggregate Value $53,279.00) (Order of Correction). ICA Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000392 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000393 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Ten (10) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $35,000.00) Two Hundred Ninety Dollars in United States Currency ($290.00) (Total Aggregate Value $35,290.00) (Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000393 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). ICA Order of Correction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000393 [ADA] | Kaneshiro v. Ten (10) Products Direct Machines (Total Estimated Value $35,000.00) Two Hundred Ninety Dollars in United States Currency ($290.00) (Total Aggregate Value $35,290.00) (Order of Correction). ICA Order Granting May 15, 2015 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-15-0000393 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/04/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 4, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000806 [ADA] | Gordon v. Gordon. ICA mem. op., filed 11/29/2013 [ada]. Consolidated with CAAP-12-0000806. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/03/2014. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/17/2014 [ada]. Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part by Circuit Judge Kubo [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 135 Haw. 340 |
June 3, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000135 [ADA] | Dubin Financial LLC v. Mortgage Brokers and Solicitors Program, Office of Administrative Hearings, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, State of Hawai‘i (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Mortgage Broker License) | 135 Haw. 407 |
June 3, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000514 [ADA] | State v. Hardoby (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 02/23/2015 [ada], 134 Haw. 477. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/12/2015. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 12/18/2015 [ada], 137 Haw. 18. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit | |
June 3, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000762 [ADA] | Cox v. Cox (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/29/2015 [ada], 134 Haw. 475. Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce Edward Cox’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/27/2015. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/12/2015 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/21/2015. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/23/2015 [ada]. Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce Edward Cox’s Second Application for Writ of Certiorari,filed 04/28/2015. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 08/16/2016 [ada], 138 Haw. 476. Dissenting Opinion by C.J. Recktenwald, in which J. Nakayama joins [ada]. Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce Edward Cox’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/25/2016. S.Ct. Order Denying Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Bruce Edward Cox’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/01/2016 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 3, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000819 [ADA] | Narayan v. The Ritz-Carlton Development Company, Inc. ICA mem.op., filed 08/23/2013 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/26/2013. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/30/2014 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 07/14/2017 [ada], 140 Haw. 343. Defendants-Respondents the Ritz-Carlton Development Company, Inc., et al. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/24/2017. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/09/2017 [ada], 140 Haw. 380. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 135 Haw. 327 |
June 3, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-13-0005595 [ADA] | State v. Henley (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/29/2015 [ada], 134 Haw. 475. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/17/2015. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 12/22/2015 [ada], 136 Haw. 471. Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by C.J. Recktenwald, in which J. Nakayama [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
June 2, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001142 [ADA] | Bank of America v. Hart (Order Dismissing the Appeal Pursuant to HRAP Rule 30). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
June 1, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001334 [ADA] | Kong v. Department of Public Safety, State of Hawaii (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000502 [ADA] | Ford Motor Credit Company v. Baker (mem.op., vacated, affirmed, vacated and remanded). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit (Lemon Law) | 135 Haw. 533 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000507 [ADA] | Reyes v. HSBC Bank USA (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Civil) | 135 Haw. 407 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000572 [ADA] | Lui-Dyball v. Hawaiian Homes Commission (mem.op., reversed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Residential Lease) | 135 Haw. 533 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000887 [ADA] | State v. Sherman (s.d.o., affirmed). Petitioner Amanda Sherman’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/23/2015. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/02/2015 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit (DUI) | 135 Haw. 407 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0001072 [ADA] | State v. Guard (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/29/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 04/01/2016 [ada], 137 Haw. 325. Concurring Opinion by J. Wilson [ada]. Dissenting Opinion by by J. Nakayama, with whom C.J. Recktenwald joins [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division (DUI) | 136 Haw. 25 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0000002 [ADA] | State v. Sailola (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/29/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 02/26/2016 [ada], 137 Haw. 161. Concurring Opinion by J. Wilson [ada]. Dissenting Opinion by J. Nakayama, with whom C.J. Recktenwald joins [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division (DUI) | 136 Haw. 25 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0000023 [ADA] | State v. Elberson (s.d.o., affirmed). Petitioner Matthew Elberson’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/24/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/28/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o.,filed 03/04/2016 [ada], 137 Haw. 248. Concurring Opinion by J. Wilson [ada]. Dissenting Opinion by J. Nakayama, with whom C.J. Recketenwald joins [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit (DUI) | 135 Haw. 407 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0000388 [ADA] | Garcia v. Robinson. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/28/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/23/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 05/03/2016 [ada], 137 Haw. 388. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 135 Haw. 308 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0002508 [ADA] | State v. Presas (mem.op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/08/2015. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/22/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Shop Lifting) | 135 Haw. 533 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0005659 [ADA] | State v. Pozy (s.d.o., reversed and affirmed). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division (Criminal Littering and Cruelty to Animals) | 135 Haw. 407 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0005758 [ADA] | Uy v. Spencer Homes, Inc. (mem.op., vacated in part and affirmed in part, and affirmed). Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by J. Ginoza [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit (Property Damage) | 135 Haw. 533 |
May 29, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000606 [ADA] | State v. Terasako (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/08/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/20/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o, filed 01/21/2016 [ada]. Concurring Opinion by J. Wilson [ada]. Dissenting Opinion by J. Nakayama with whom C.J. Recktenwald joins [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Ewa Division (DUI) | 135 Haw. 407 |
May 29, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000060 [ADA] | Herrmann v. Herrmann (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mop., filed 02/17/2015 [ada]. Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee Karyn Eileen Herrmann’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2015. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/28/2016 [ada], 138 Haw. 144. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 28, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000763 [ADA] | State v. Franco (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order of Correction, filed 07/09/2015 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/08/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/16/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 04/21/2016 [ada], 137 Haw. 325. Concurrence by J. Wilson [ada]. Dissenting by Nakayama, with C.J. Recktenwald joining [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/22/2016. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/02/2016 [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 05/06/2016 [ada]. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division (DUI) | 135 Haw. 407 |
May 28, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000500 [ADA] | Webster v. State (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 12/31/2014 [ada], 134 Haw. 306. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/14/2015. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 28, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-13-0000074 [ADA] | Espiritu v. State (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 02/27/2015 [ada], 134 Haw. 477. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/16/2015. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/18/2015 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/13/2015. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-12-0000717 [ADA] | State v. West (s.d.o., affirmed). Petitioner-Appellant Sunni West’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/02/2015. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/09/2015 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Kaneohe Division (DUI) | 135 Haw. 406 |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0000107 [ADA] | Cedillos v. Masumoto (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/31/2015. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/13/2015 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 12/04/2015 [ada], 136 Haw. 430. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit (Summary Possession) | 135 Haw. 406 |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-13-0001639 [ADA] | Stanton v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Sexual Assault) | 135 Haw. 406 |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000081 [ADA] | State v. Cho (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit (Assault) | 135 Haw. 406 |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000589 | Wells Fargo Bank v. Embernate (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order Rescinding Summary Disposition Order, filed 06/22/2015 [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 06/22/2015 [ada], 135 Haw. 408. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit (Ejectment) | |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000983 [ADA] | Bank of America v. Santos (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit (Foreclosure) | 136 Haw. 25 |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001129 [ADA] | Waikiki-Madeyski v. Ean Holdings, LLC (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001389 [ADA] | U.S. Bank National Association v. Franco (Order Dismissing Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-14-0001389 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Directing the Appellate Court Clerk to Open a New Appellate Court Case for Appellants’ May 8, 2015 Notice of Appeal from an April 15, 2015 Judgment on a Decree of Foreclosure). ICA Order of Correction, filed 05/27/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001389 [ADA] | U.S. Bank National Association v. Franco (Order of Correction). ICA Order Dismissing Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-14-0001389 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Directing the Appellate Court Clerk to Open a New Appellate Court Case for Appellants’ May 8, 2015 Notice of Appeal from an April 15, 2015 Judgment on a Decree of Foreclosure, filed 05/27/2015 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 27, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-15-000060 [ADA] | Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC v. Herrera (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing All Pending Motions in CAAP-15-0000060 as Moot). |
District Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 27, 2015 | S.Ct | SCAP-14-0000843 [ADA] | McDermott v. Ige. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 135 Haw. 275 |
May 27, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000450 [ADA] | Cullen v. Currier (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA mem.op., filed 11/20/2014 [ada], 134 Haw. 179. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/25/2014. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/04/2014 [ada]. Continued Request for Reconsideration, filed 03/04/2015. ICA Order Dismissing Continued Request for Reconsideration, filed 03/09/2015 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/27/2015. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/27/2015 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/01/2015. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Molokai Division | |
May 27, 2015 | S.Ct | SCWC-30286 [ADA] | Rodrigues v. United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO. ICA Opinion, filed 03/13/2014 [ada], 148 Haw. 31. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/25/2014. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/09/2014 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 135 Haw. 316 |
May 26, 2015 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001223 [ADA] | In re TS (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit (Terminating Parental Rights) | 135 Haw. 406 |