2025 Oral Argument Recordings Archive
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2025
No. SCWC-22-0000255, Thursday, December 18, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. HENRY K. TOLENTINO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-22-0000441, Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 9 a.m.
BOOKING.COM B.V., Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. GARY S. SUGANUMA, in his official capacity as the Director of Taxation, and STATE OF HAWAI‘I Department of Taxation, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
No. CAAP-24-0000471, Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. HARDY K. AH PUCK, JR., also known as HARDY K. AH PUCK, Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-21-0000504, Thursday, July 1, 2025, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. BRIAN LEE SMITH, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCAP-23-000088, Thursday, June 19, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BERNARD BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCPW-17-0000927 and 21908, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 2 p.m.
NO. 21908 STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JEROME ROGAN, Defendant-Appellant.
SCPW-17-0000927 NICK GRUBE, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE ROM A. TRADER, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai‘i, Respondent Judge, and STATE OF HAWAI‘I, ALAN AHN, and TIFFANY MASUNAGA, Respondents.
No. SCWC-21-0000687, Thursday, June 12, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
RENELDO RODRIGUEZ, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MAUNA KEA RESORT LLC, HAWAII PRINCE HOTEL WAIKIKI LLC, PRINCE RESORTS HAWAII, INC., Respondents/Defendants-Appellants.
No. SCAP-24-0000079, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
FREDERICK A. NITTA, M.D., INC., FREDERICK A. NITTA, individually, HAWAI‘I COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY, CHARLENE ORCINO, and ADRIAN “SCOTT” NORTON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. HAWAI‘I MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCAP-24-0000401, Thursday, May 15, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
LEONARD K. NAKOA III, DANIEL PALAKIKO, TOM COFFMAN, LLEWELYN (BILLY) KAOHELAULI‘I, VAL TURALDE, ELIZABETH OKINAKA, TOM KEALI‘I KANAHELE, RUPERT ROWE, ELLEN EBATA, AND JEFFREY LINDER, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I, HAWAI‘I HOUSING FINANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, State of Hawai‘i, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-23-0000757, Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 9 a.m.
NORDIC PCL CONSTRUCTION, INC., fka NORDIC CONSTRUCTION, LTD., a corporation, Petitioner/Claimant/Counterclaim Respondent-Appellee, vs. LPIHGC, LLC, Respondent/Respondent/Counterclaimant-Appellant.
No. CAAP-22-0000405, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. KAIIMI SKIP HIAPO, Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-23-0000376, Thursday, April 17, 2025, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CHARLES ZUFFANTE, Petitoner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCAP-23-0000335 and No. SCAP-23-0000531, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 9 a.m.
NO. SCAP-23-0000335:
LARRY W. MCCULLOUGH, DERROL E. ESTRELLA, JUANITA F. ESTRELLA, JOHN A. MATUSEK, SUNDAY M. MATUSEK, ARTHUR M. AQUINO, MILAGROS N. AQUINO, NEVILLE T. PRITCHARD, and BARBARA M PRITCHARD, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., DAMION C. CLARK, GENTRY L. CLARK, QUICKEN LOANS, INC., JAMES SOR, AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B., BRADLEY ALAN LOEFFLER AND BARBARA JEAN LOEFFLER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEES OF THE LOEFFLER 2011 FAMILY TRUST DATED DECEMBER 22, 2011, Defendants-Appellees, and ERIC TUCKER, MICHELLE TUCKER, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Defendants-Appellees.
NO. SCAP-23-0000531:
ROBERT R. HEMSHER, JR., BRIDGETTE B. HEMSHER, STEPHEN P. CANO, NINA Q. CANO, RAYMOND PINEDA, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., WAYNE MICHAEL TILKA, DOROTHY JEAN TILKA, MAUNA LANI GOLF H2, LLC, WAYNE BOTELHO, KATHLEEN P. BOTELHO, JASON J. BOTELHO, and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-23-0000388, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent and Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JONATHAN P. SPIES, Petitioner and Respondent/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-20-0000172, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 9 a.m.
CARRIE N. NOBORIKAWA, Petitioner/Claimant-Appellant/Appellant, vs. HOST INTERNATIONAL, INC., Respondent/Employer-Appellee/Appellee, and ACE INSURANCE CO., adjusted by Corvel Corporation, Respondent/Insurance Carrier-Appellee/Appellee.
No. SCAP-23-0000453, Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 2 p.m.
CASEY CAMERON EASON, Petitioner-Appellee, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent-Appellant.
No. SCWC-20-0000286, Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
In re MOLOAA FARMS LLC, Respondent/Claimant-Appellant, vs. PAUL C. HUBER, individually, Petitioner and Respondent/Respondent-Appellee, ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF MOLOAA HUI I, PAUL C. HUBER as President of the Association of Unit Owners of Moloaa Hui I, ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF MOLOAA HUI II, and NED Y. WHITLOCK, as President of the Association of Unit Owners of Moloaa Hui II, Respondents and Petitioners/Respondents-Appellees, MOLOAA HUI Lands, Inc., Respondent/Respondent-Appellee, CANDACE L. STRONG, individually, Respondent and Petitioner/Respondent-Appellee and ERIC M. STRONG, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Moloaa Hui Lands, Inc., Respondent/Respondent-Appellee.
No. SCCQ-24-0000165, Thursday, February 20, 2025, 5 p.m.
PUEO KAI MCGUIRE, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, KELDEN WALTJEN, KATE PERAZICH, and SYLVIA WAN, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-19-0000704, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 2 p.m.
In the Matter of the Application of PIONEER MILL COMPANY, LIMITED to register title and confirm its title to land situate at Lāhainā, Island and County of Maui, State of Hawai‘i and KAHOMA LAND LLC, Substituted Applicant as to Lots 1, 2 and 3A.
No. SCWC-23-0000296, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 9 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MARLIN L. LAVOIE, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-20-0000727, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 2 p.m.
ROLAND S. GUIEB, individually and derivatively on behalf of GUIEB INCORPORATED, Respondent/Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, vs. ROBERT S. GUIEB, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and GUIEB INCORPORATED, a registered Hawai‘i corporation, Petitioner/Defendant/Counterclaimant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and PACIFIC WELDING AND MANUFACTURING, LLC, GUIEB GROUP LLC, RSG ENTERPRISES, Petitioners/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.
No. SCWC-23-0000383, Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
KIA‘I WAI O WAI‘ALE‘ALE, an unincorporated association, FRIENDS OF MĀHĀ‘ULEPŪ, a nonprofit corporation, Petitioners and Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, vs. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent and Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee-Appellant, and KAUA‘I ISLAND UTILITY COOPERATIVE, a domestic cooperative association, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee-Appellee.
No. SCRQ-24-0000602, Thursday, February 6, 2025, 10 a.m.
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE COORDINATION OF MAUI FIRE CASES.
No. SCWC-22-0000536, Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. WAISER WALTER, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-19-0000776, Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
MAUNALUA BAY BEACH OHANA 28, a Hawai‘i Non-Profit Corporation, MAUNALUA BAY BEACH OHANA 29, a Hawai‘i Non-Profit Corporation, MAUNALUA BAY BEACH OHANA 38, a Hawai‘i Non-profit Corporation, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.