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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 4, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000428 [ADA] | State v. Cummings (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| April 4, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-25-0000029 [ADA] | Stephens v. Deutsch (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction, filed 02/05/2025 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/28/2025. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, Kona Division | |
| April 4, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000592 [ADA] | State v. U‘u (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | 155 Haw. 523 |
| April 2, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000488 [ADA] | Tracy v. Choi & Ito (s.d.o., affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 473 |
| April 2, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000595 [ADA] | State v. Hatori (Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| April 2, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000594 [ADA] | State v. Hatori (Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| April 2, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000630 [ADA] | In re: H.L. (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 472 |
| April 2, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-25-0000045 [ADA] | In re: The K Children (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/25/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/23/2025 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| April 1, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000066 [ADA] | Fuche Corporation Inc. v. Leung (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 10/02/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 100. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/03/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| April 1, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000472 [ADA] | Baskin v. Maui County Board of Variances and Appeals (mem. op., reversed and affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 472 |
| April 1, 2025 | S.Ct | SCPW-25-0000051 [ADA] | In re: Gantt (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 01/28/2025. |
Original Proceeding | |
| March 31, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000410 [ADA] | Smith v. State (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/10/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 255. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/14/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 31, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000531 [ADA] | Guity v. State (s.d.o., affirmed and remanded). ICA Opinion, filed 10/16/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 368. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/13/2023. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/17/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/08/2023. S.Ct Order Accepting Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/02/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 452 |
| March 31, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000733 [ADA] | State v. Campbell (Order of Correction). ICA Opinion filed 09/19/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 182. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/30/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/10/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| March 31, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000644 [ADA] | State v. Nichols (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 11/07/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 193. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/21/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 31, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000564 [ADA] | In re: G.B. and K.M. (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 523 |
| March 31, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000548 [ADA] | Lucas v. Civil Service Commission (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). ICA Order, filed 12/18/2025. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 523 |
| March 31, 2025 | CAAP-21-0000037 | Soroka v. City and County of Honolulu (s.d.o., vacated, affirmed, and remanded). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/10/2025, 155 Haw. 522. ICA Order Granting in Part and Denying In Part Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/02/2025 [ada]. ICA Amended s.d.o., filed 05/02/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | ||
| March 31, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000075 [ADA] | U.S. Bank v. Webb (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 472 |
| March 28, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-24-0000082 [ADA] | Sierra Club v. Board of Land and Natural Resources (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 12/24/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 253. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/07/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 28, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000286 [ADA] | In re: Moloaa Farms LLC v. Association of Apartment Owners of Moloaa Hui I (Order Dismissing Certiorari Proceeding). ICA s.d.o., filed 08/15/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 416. Consolidated with CAAP-20-0000444. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/24/2024. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/29/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Applications for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/26/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| March 28, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000051 [ADA] | Ewa Villages Owners Association v. Tautua (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/30/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/21/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 471 |
| March 27, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000396 [ADA] | Keep the North Shore Country v. Zoning Board of Appeals (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/23/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/23/2025 [ada]. Dissent from the Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari by Devens, J. [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 471 |
| March 27, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000417 [ADA] | Meckley v. Peebles (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 10/08/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 99. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/28/2025. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| March 25, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000042 [ADA] | Harkness-Pastrana v. Rasos (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 451 |
| March 25, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000706 [ADA] | State v. Cole (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Lahaina Division | 155 Haw. 450 |
| March 25, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000712 [ADA] | State v. Glover (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Wahiawā Division | 155 Haw. 450 |
| March 25, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000328 [ADA] | Strini v. Strini (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 471 |
| March 24, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000274 [ADA] | Perreira v. Comer (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 470 |
| March 24, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000030 [ADA] | Okuda v. Employment Security Appeals Referees’ Office (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 470 |
| March 24, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-24-0000013 [ADA] | State v. Olson (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 12/16/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 224. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/30/2025. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| March 24, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000536 [ADA] | Cook v. The Association of Apartment Owners of Mt. Terrace (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 09/30/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 94. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/24/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 21, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000066 [ADA] | Mālama Kakanilua v. Board of Land and Natural Resources. Consolidated with CAAP-22-0000067. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 512 |
| March 21, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000112 [ADA] | HSBC Bank USA v. McMillan (Order Withdrawing Summary Disposition Order). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/31/2025, 155 Haw. 294. ICA Order Withdrawing Summary Disposition Order, filed 02/03/2025 [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 03/13/2025. ICA s.d.o., filed 05/12/2025 [ada], 156 Haw. 25. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| March 21, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000703 [ADA] | Chiang v. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | 155 Haw. 450 |
| March 20, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000489 [ADA] | State v. Khoundara (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 20, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000580 [ADA] | Tran v. Department of Planning for the County of Maui (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 470 |
| March 20, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000550 [ADA] | ATC Makena N Golf LLC v. Kaiama (Order Denying Second Motion for Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., 01/31/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 293. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 02/21/2025. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 02/27/2025 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/10/2025. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/14/2025. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/21/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| March 20, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000329 [ADA] | State v. Ellway (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/21/2025. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/24/2025. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/01/2025 [ada]. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | 155 Haw. 469 |
| March 19, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000463 [ADA] | Beselt v. Waldorf=Astoria Management LLC (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 10/21/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 178. Consolidated with CAAP-21-0000490 and CAAP-21-0000492. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 10/30/2024. ICA Order, filed 11/06/2024 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/22/2025. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| March 19, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000615 [ADA] | In re: K.R. and B.R. (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 449 |
| March 19, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000542 [ADA] | Gouveia v. City and County of Honolulu (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 18, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000046 [ADA] | Nordic PCL Construction, Inc. v. LPIHGC, LLC (Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed 03/10/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 388. Consolidated with CAAP-23-0000722. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/18/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/13/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 18, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000714 [ADA] | Herzog v. Hawai‘i Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/16/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/11/2025. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 449 |
| March 18, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000019 [ADA] | Fukuda v. Geico Insurance Corporation (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 468 |
| March 18, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000645 [ADA] | Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB v. Baham (s.d.o., affirmed, vacated, and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 155 Haw. 469 |
| March 17, 2025 | S.Ct | SCRQ-24-0000602 [ADA] | In re: The Petition for the Coordination of Maui Fire Cases (Order of Correction). S.Ct. Order, filed 02/10/2025 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/17/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 409. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| March 17, 2025 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000311 [ADA] | In re: the Elaine Emma Short Revocable Living Trust Agreement, Dated July 17, 1984 (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 10/24/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 179. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/21/2025. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 09/08/2025, 156 Haw. 401. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| March 17, 2025 | S.Ct | SCRQ-24-0000602 [ADA] | In re: The Petition for the Coordination of Maui Fire Cases. S.Ct. Order, filed 02/10/2025 [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 03/17/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 155 Haw. 409 |
| March 17, 2025 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000389 [ADA] | Kon v. State (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., filed 02/28/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 387. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/10/2025. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/09/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/24/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit |
