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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2024 | S.Ct | SCPW-24-0000146 [ADA] | Choi v. Cataldo (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 03/08/2024. |
Original Proceeding | |
| May 23, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000650 [ADA] | Ihara v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/12/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/23/2024 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | 154 Haw. 179 |
| May 23, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000025 [ADA] | Association of Apartment Owners of Island Colony v. Island Colony Partners (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 257 |
| May 23, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000552 [ADA] | Borrson v. Weeks (s.d.o., affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/07/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/20/2024 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 04/22/2025 [ada]. Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Ginoza, J., In Which Recktenwald, C.J., Joins [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | 154 Haw. 179 |
| May 22, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000490 [ADA] | State v. Kim (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 21, 2024 | S.Ct | SCPW-24-0000150 [ADA] | Rapozo v. State (Order Denying Petition). Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 03/11/2024. |
Original Proceeding | |
| May 21, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000062 [ADA] | Citimortgage, Inc. v. Brum, Sr. (s.d.o., vacated, affirmed, and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/27/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/22/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 256 |
| May 21, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000345 [ADA] | GGP Ala Moana L.L.C. v. Chiu (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, First Circuit | |
| May 21, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000540 [ADA] | Carabbacan v. Outrigger Canoe Club (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 178 |
| May 21, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000396 [ADA] | McKay v. Guez (s.d.o., vacated, affirmed, and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 256 |
| May 21, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000002 [ADA] | First Insurance Company of Hawaii, LTD. v. Akita Enterprises, LTD. (Order). |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| May 20, 2024 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000129 [ADA] | State v. Oki (mem. op., affirmed). Dissenting Opinion by McKenna, J., in which Eddins, J., joins [ada]. ICA mem. op., filed 09/19/2023 [ada]. Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Wadsworth, J. Consolidated with CAAP-21-0000278. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/26/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/08/2024 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/28/2024. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/29/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 180 |
| May 20, 2024 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000847 [ADA] | Saplan v. U.S. Bank National Association. ICA mem. op., filed 04/26/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 184. Application for Writ Certiorari, filed 08/04/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/05/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 181 |
| May 20, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000043 [ADA] | Land Value Holdings, LLC v. Among (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, Puna Division | 154 Haw. 178 |
| May 20, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000435 [ADA] | Nakamura v. Nakamura (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/15/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/02/2024 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 178 |
| May 17, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000431 [ADA] | Leopoldino v. State (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | 154 Haw. 177 |
| May 17, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000261 [ADA] | Loyalty Development Company, LTD. v. Ching (s.d.o., affirmed and vacated). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/13/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/03/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 256 |
| May 17, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000455 [ADA] | State v. Saffery (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 154 Haw. 177 |
| May 17, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000350 [ADA] | State v. Rudersdorf (mem. op., vacated and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/12/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/06/2024 [ada]. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Lahaina Division | 154 Haw. 177 |
| May 17, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000398 [ADA] | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Ma‘ilei (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 176 |
| May 17, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000534 [ADA] | Rohr v. County of Hawai‘i Windward Planning Commission (s.d.o., dismissed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 154 Haw. 177 |
| May 16, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000415 [ADA] | Dailey v. Department of Land and Natural Resources (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/31/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/23/2024 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/04/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 348. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 176 |
| May 15, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000483 [ADA] | Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop v. Life of the Land Pacific, LLC (Order of Correction). ICA s.d.o., filed 05/07/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 175. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/30/2024. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/02/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Applications for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/23/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 14, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000224 [ADA] | Kahala Beach Association of Apartment Owners v. Kamehameha Schools (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 176 |
| May 14, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000519 [ADA] | The West Molokai Resort Association of Apartment Owners v. Kaluakoi Poolside, LLC. (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 154 Haw. 175 |
| May 10, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000048 [ADA] | Romspen Investment Corporation v. L & E Ranch LLC (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., filed 04/24/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 156. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/03/2024. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/01/2024. S.Ct Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/13/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| May 10, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000394 [ADA] | Napuaowailupe v. Blue Tile Beach House, LLC (s.d.o., affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit | 154 Haw. 159 |
| May 10, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000893 [ADA] | Ebbtide, LLC v. Hawaiian Ebbtide Hotel, Inc. (s.d.o., affirmed, vacated, and remanded). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 154 Haw. 175 |
| May 8, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000103 [ADA] | U.S. Bank National Association v. Greenberg (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| May 7, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000483 [ADA] | Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop v. Life of the Land Pacific, LLC (s.d.o., affirmed, vacated, and remanded). ICA Order of Correction, filed 05/15/2024 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/30/2024. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/02/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Applications for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/23/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 175 |
| May 7, 2024 | S.Ct | SCWC-23-0000013 [ADA] | State v. Cardona (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 02/06/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 579. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/25/2024. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 09/20/2024 [ada], 155 Haw. 23. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 7, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000008 [ADA] | Hawaiian Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation v. Lopez (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| May 7, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000545 [ADA] | Lambert v. Waha (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/10/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/26/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 173 |
| May 7, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000831 [ADA] | Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc. v. Mililani Town Association (Order Denying Motion for Partial Reconsideration). ICA mem. op., filed 04/17/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 108. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/29/2024. ICA Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal, filed 01/09/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 7, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000428 [ADA] | Hawaiian Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation v. Lopez (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| May 7, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000370 [ADA] | Suitt v. State (Order). ICA Order, filed 05/31/2022 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/27/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/08/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 11/22/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 60. ICA Order, filed 04/23/2024 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/29/2024. ICA Order, filed 05/03/2024 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/03/2024. ICA s.d.o., filed 09/03/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 422. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/06/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/16/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 6, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000676 [ADA] | Freedom Mortgage Corporation v. Palmere Jr. (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 6, 2024 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000342 [ADA] | Cupo v. Aliomanu Sand Castles, LLC (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 02/16/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 582. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/15/2024. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| May 6, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000726 [ADA] | Acord v. Acord (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| May 6, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-24-0000273 [ADA] | Cooper v. State (Order Granting Motion to Withdraw Appeal). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| May 3, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000370 [ADA] | Suitt v. State (Order). ICA Order, filed 05/31/2022 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/27/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/08/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 11/22/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 60. ICA Order, filed 04/23/2024 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/29/2024. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/03/2024. ICA Order, filed 05/07/2024 [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 09/03/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 422. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/06/2024. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/16/2025 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 3, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000381 [ADA] | Malagodi v. Nice (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction, filed 06/26/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/29/2023. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/21/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/29/2024. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| May 1, 2024 | S.Ct | SCRQ-23-0000331 [ADA] | Rubalcaba v. Association of Apartment Owners of Makakilo Cliffs (s.d.o., remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 143 |
| May 1, 2024 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000176 [ADA] | State v. Leano-Castro (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 12/12/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 430. Consolidated with CAAP-21-0000636. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/19/2024. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| May 1, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000549 [ADA] | 1900 Capital Trust III v. Garcia (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| May 1, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000132 [ADA] | Carter v. Shields (s.d.o., vacated in part, affirmed in part, and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 154 Haw. 158 |
| May 1, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000706 [ADA] | Ambrose v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 154 Haw. 158 |
| May 1, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000536 [ADA] | State v. Walter (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/21/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/17/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 154 Haw. 159 |
| April 30, 2024 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000806 [ADA] | Winn v. Brady (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Opinion, filed 12/19/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/18/2024. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| April 30, 2024 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000057 [ADA] | Ke Kauhulu O Mānā v. Board of Land and Natural Resources (mem.op., vacated and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/31/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/30/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | 154 Haw. 158 |