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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
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February 3, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000743 [ADA] | Cornelio v. State (Order Dismissing Motion for Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., filed 09/13/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 37. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/07/2016. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/19/2016 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/07/2016. S.Ct Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/20/2016 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration of Petition for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/27/2017. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
February 2, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000518 [ADA] | State v. Birnbaum (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem.op., filed 10/24/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 262. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/16/2016. |
District Court, 1st Circuit | |
February 2, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000569 [ADA] | Batalona v. State (Order Accepting Batalona’s Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem.op., filed 10/18/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 260. ICA Order of Correction, filed 11/17/2016 [ada]. Batalona’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/19/2016. State’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/04/2017. S.Ct. Order Accepting State’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/16/2017 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/19/2018 [ada], 142 Haw. 84. Dissenting Opinion by Nakayama, J., with whom Recktenwald, C.J., Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
February 1, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000126 [ADA] | Rames v. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (Amended Order). ICA Order, filed 01/26/2017 [ada]. ICA Order of Correction, filed 02/07/2017 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
February 1, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000612 [ADA] | DRI v. DKI (Order Approving the January 12, 2017 Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
February 1, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000665 [ADA] | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Wandasan (Order Approving the January 12, 2017 Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
February 1, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000766 [ADA] | Collins v. Association of Apartment Owners of Kemoo by the Lake (Order Granting December 2, 2016 Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing all Pending Motions as Moot). Plaintiff-Appellant, Gabi Kim Collins’ Motion to Reconsider Order dated February 1, 2017 Dismissing Interlocutory Appeal, filed 02/13/2017. ICA Order Denying February 13, 2017 HAP Rule 40 Motion for Reconsideration of February 1, 2017 Order Granting the December 2, 2016 Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 02/17/2017 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/03/2017. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/17/2017 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
February 1, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-11-0000065 [ADA] | In re Arbitration between Hawaii State Teachers Association and State of Hawaii, Department of Education (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). Consolidated with No. CAAP-11-0000140. ICA Opinion, filed 11/26/2013. ICA Order Vacating Opinion of the Court by J. Leonard, filed 09/15/2014 [ada]. ICA mem.op., filed 09/30/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 271. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/20/2016. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 08/11/2017 [ada], 140 Haw. 381. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
February 1, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000363 [ADA] | Flubacher v. State (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 09/16/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 258. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 162/20/2016. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/21/2018 [ada], 142 Haw. 109. Dissenting Opinion by Nakayama, J. [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
January 31, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-13-0003754 [ADA] | Akau v. State (mem.op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/09/2017. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/20/2017 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/05/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 159. |
District Court, 1st Circuit (DUI) | 139 Haw. 298 |
January 31, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001361 [ADA] | State v. Kahele-Bishop (mem.op., affirmed in part and vacated in part, affirmed, vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit (Robbery in the First Degree) | 139 Haw. 298 |
January 31, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000680 [ADA] | State v. Johnson (mem.op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/23/2017. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/31/2017 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 299 |
January 31, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000690 [ADA] | State v. McKee (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 298 |
January 31, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000771 [ADA] | ZH v. CH (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order of Correction, filed 03/13/2017 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/08/2017. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/15/2017 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit (Modifying Custody) | 139 Haw. 298 |
January 31, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000342 [ADA] | State v. Mank (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). ICA Order of Correction, filed 03/13/2017 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (UPCPI) | 139 Haw. 299 |
January 30, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000724 [ADA] | State v. Engelby (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 4/24/2017. S.Ct Order Accepting Application f0r Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/07/2017 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/12/2020 [ada], 147 Haw. 222. Dissenting Opinion By Wilson, J. in Which Pollack J, Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Sexual Assault) | 139 Haw. 297 |
January 30, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000725 [ADA] | EY v. DY (Order Denying January 19, 2017 HRAP Rule 40 Motion for Reconsideration of January 12, 2017 Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing as Moot All Pending Motions in CAAP-16-0000725). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing as Moot All Pending Motions in CAAP-16-0000725, filed 01/12/2017 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/19/2017. |
Family Court, 5th Circuit | |
January 30, 2017 | S.Ct | SCPW-16-0000321 [ADA] | Kline v. Acoba (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 04/07/2016. |
Original Proceeding | |
January 27, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000921 [ADA] | State v. Cummings (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Abuse of Family or Household Member) | 139 Haw. 297 |
January 27, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001277 | Lockwood v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order of Amendment, filed 02/06/2017 [ada]. Amended ICA s.d.o., filed 02/06/2017 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit (Unemployment Benefits) | 139 Haw. 297 |
January 27, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000920 [ADA] | Smith v. State (s.d.o, affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 297 |
January 27, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000544 [ADA] | Robertson v. Eckerle (Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration). ICA Order Dismissing the Appeal Pursuant to HRAP Rule 24(c); and Dismissing as Moot All Pending Motions in CAAP-16-0000544, filed 01/12/2017 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/19/2017. ICA s.d.o., filed 06/28/2018 [ada], 142 Haw. 483. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
January 27, 2017 | S.Ct | SCPW-17-0000018 [ADA] | Ogeone v. Castagnetti (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 01/13/2017. |
Original Proceeding | |
January 27, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-13-0001701 [ADA] | Indymac Venture, LLC v. Hilliard (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 10/25/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 262. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/19/2016. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
January 26, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000715 [ADA] | State v. D’Annibale (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 296 |
January 26, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000841 [ADA] | Birano v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/10/2017. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/21/2017 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 08/31/2018 [ada], 143 Haw. 163. Dissenting Opinion by Nakayama, J. in which Circuit Judge Ayabe, joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 296 |
January 26, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000125 [ADA] | Rames v. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (Order). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
January 26, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000126 [ADA] | Rames v. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (Order). ICA Amended Order, filed 02/01/2017 [ada]. ICA Order of Correction, filed 02/07/2017 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
January 26, 2017 | S.Ct | SCPW-17-0000005 [ADA] | Rozembersky v. Hawaii Bar Commission (Order). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 01/04/2017. |
Original Proceeding | |
January 26, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000025 [ADA] | Goran Pleho, LLC v. Lacy (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem.op., filed 07/29/2016. Motion for Partial Reconsideration of Memorandum Opinion, filed 08/08/2016. ICA Order Denying Motion for Partial Reconsideration and Clarifying and Amending the Memorandum Opinion, filed 08/26/2016 [ada]. Amended Memorandum Opinion, filed 08/26/2016 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/12/2016. S. Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/26/2017 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 04/10/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 224. Opinion of the Court by Pollack, J. [ada]. Dissenting Opinion by Recktenwald, C.J., in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
January 25, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000781 [ADA] | State v. Windsor (Order). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
January 23, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001053 [ADA] | State v. Ayau (Order Withdrawing Summary Disposition Order). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/23/2017 [ada], 139 Haw. 296. ICA Order of Amendment, filed 03/13/2017 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/10/2017. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/13/2017 [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit | |
January 23, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0001053 [ADA] | State v. Ayau (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). ICA Order Withdrawing Summary Disposition Order, filed 01/23/2017 [ada]. ICA Order of Amendment, filed 03/13/2017 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/10/2017. S.Ct Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/13/2017 [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit (OVLSR-OVUII) | 139 Haw. 296 |
January 23, 2017 | S.Ct | SCAD-16-0000112 [ADA] | Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Landry (Order). S.Ct. Order of Reciprocal Suspension, filed 04/08/2016 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
January 20, 2017 | S.Ct | CAAP-13-0000097 [ADA] | Grande v. Eng (mem.op., affirmed and remanded to DPP for a new contest case hearing before a new hearings officer). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 139 Haw. 295 |
January 20, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000143 [ADA] | Aoyagi v. Estate of Cindy H. Aoyagi (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Civil) | 139 Haw. 295 |
January 20, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000483 [ADA] | State v. Magno (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 295 |
January 20, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000572 [ADA] | State v. Lonzaga (mem.op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Ceriorari, filed 04/23/2017. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/31/2017 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Assault) | 139 Haw. 296 |
January 20, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000675 [ADA] | Resorts Travel, LLC v. Office of Consumer Protection, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing All Pending Motions as Moot). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
January 20, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000722 [ADA] | Federal National Mortgage Association v. Kaio (Order (1) Granting December 12, 2016 Motion to Dismiss Appellate Court Case CAAP-16-0000722 for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, (2) Striking December 22, 2016 Reply Memorandum in Support of December 12, 2016 Motion as Unauthorized under Hawai‘i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 27 and (3) Dismissing All Pending Motions as Moot). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
January 20, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-14-0000970 [ADA] | RT Import, Inc. v. Torres (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 10/20/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 261. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/16/2016. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 04/13/2017 [ada], 139 Haw. 445. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
January 19, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-13-0005494 [ADA] | Parel v. Department of Human Services (mem.op., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit (Administrative Hearing) | 139 Haw. 294 |
January 19, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000701 [ADA] | Brown v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit (Whistleblowers Protection Act) | 139 Haw. 294 |
January 18, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-14-0000750 [ADA] | Werner Plastering, Inc. v. Black Peak Construction, LLC (mem.op., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit (Mechanic Lien) | 139 Haw. 293 |
January 18, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000547 [ADA] | State v. Gaub (mem.op., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit (Criminal) | 139 Haw. 294 |
January 18, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000683 [ADA] | State v. Kuahiwinui-Beck (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 5th Circuit (OVUII) | 139 Haw. 294 |
January 18, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000629 [ADA] | State v. Simmons (Order Dismissing the Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
District Court, 1st Circuit | |
January 18, 2017 | S.Ct | SCAP-14-0001205 [ADA] | State v. Pacquing (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). S.Ct. Opinion, filed 12/09/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 302. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/09/2017. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 139- Haw. 414 |
January 18, 2017 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000461 [ADA] | State v. Fukuoka (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 09/20/2016 [ada], 139 Haw. 270. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/17/2016. S.Ct. Opinion of the Court by Pollack, J., filed 10/20/2017 [ada], 141 Haw. 48. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Molokaʻi Division | |
January 17, 2017 | ICA | CAAP-15-0000056 [ADA] | AA v. AA (s.d.o., affirmed). Consolidated with Nos. CAAP-15-0000057 and CAAP-15-0000058. |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit (Custody) | 139 Haw. 293 |