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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
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May 24, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000406 [ADA] | Goold v. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal, filed 03/31/2023 [ada]. ICA Order Reinstating Appeal, filed 04/14/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/15/2023. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/05/2023. ICA Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/29/2023 [ada]. ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal, filed 01/08/2024 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/18/2024. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/24/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 24, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000427 [ADA] | In re: AA (mem. op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/29/2023. S.Ct. Order Denying Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/22/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 153 Haw. 232 |
May 24, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000020 [ADA] | Off Shore Art, LLC v. Drink Enterprises, LLC (s.d.o., affirmed). Concurring Opinion by Leonard, Presiding Judge. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 153 Haw. 234 |
May 24, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000093 [ADA] | State v. Mekkaoui (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 153 Haw. 234 |
May 23, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000600 [ADA] | Pave v. Production Processing, Inc. (Order of Correction). ICA Opinion, filed 12/22/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 164. Consolidated With Case No. CAAP-17-0000925. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/03/2023. ICA Order Denying Reconsideration, filed 01/09/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/27/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/18/2023 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
May 23, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000048 [ADA] | Association of Apartment Owners of Pacific Monarch, Inc. v. Furuya (mem. op., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 153 Haw. 231 |
May 23, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000750 [ADA] | Eisenbrey v. Eisenbrey (s.d.o., affirmed re: Order filed 07/12/2017, vacated and remanded re: Order filed 09/26/2017 and affirmed re: Order filed 02/09/2018). Consolidated With Case No. CAAP-18-0000092. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 153 Haw. 232 |
May 22, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000275 [ADA] | Horcajo, III v. Nakamoto (Order Dismissing Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 04/05/2023. |
Original Proceeding | |
May 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000528 [ADA] | PE v. ME (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 19, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000457 [ADA] | State v. Talo (Amended Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed 05/20/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 166. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/29/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/11/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/15/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 63. Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, in Which Circuit Judge Malinao, in Place of Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 05/19/2023. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 19, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000457 | State v. Talo (Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed 05/20/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 166. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/29/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/11/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/15/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 63. Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, in Which Circuit Judge Malinao, in Place of Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. S.Ct. Amended Order of Correction, filed 05/19/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000697 [ADA] | Bank of America v. Braxton (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | |
May 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000696 [ADA] | Bank of America v. Braxton (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | |
May 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000576 [ADA] | Navasca v. Ross (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
May 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000477 [ADA] | Rosa v. Kaua‘i Police Department (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
May 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000549 [ADA] | Kreitman v. Day, Jr. (mem. op., vacated in part and remanded). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/30/2023. ICA Order, filed 06/23/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/28/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/20/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 153 Haw. 231 |
May 19, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000092 [ADA] | Thatcher v. Hawaii State Public Charter School Commission (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/18/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 143. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/27/2023. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000162 [ADA] | In re: The Guardianship of KK (mem. op., vacated and remanded). Consolidated With Case No. CAAP-22-0000675. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 153 Haw. 231 |
May 18, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000460 [ADA] | State v. Hewitt (Order of Correction). ICA Opinion, filed 02/16/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 71. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/19/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/02/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/15/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 33. Dissenting Opinion by Nakayama, J., With Whom Recktenwald, C. J., Joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/23/2023. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/30/2023 [ada]. Dissent to Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, Kona Division | |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000451 [ADA] | AR v. MR (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 18, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000027 [ADA] | Meyer v. Basco (Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed 09/20/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 432. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/03/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/21/2023 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/07/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 281. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000480 [ADA] | In re: The Estate of Lee Raymond Tepley (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000488 [ADA] | In re: the Helen-Edythe Richardson Revocable Living Trust Dated September 14, 1987, as Amended and Restated (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000586 [ADA] | Hawaiian Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation v. Halvorsen (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss). ICA Order Granting in Part Motion to Dismiss Appeal, filed 06/29/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 18, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000600 [ADA] | Pave v. Production Processing, Inc. (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Opinion, filed 12/22/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 164. Consolidated With Case No. CAAP-17-0000925. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/03/2023. ICA Order Denying Reconsideration, filed 01/09/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/27/2023. ICA Order of Correction, filed 05/23/2023 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000342 [ADA] | State v. Primo (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/21/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/06/2023 [ada]. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit | 153 Haw. 230 |
May 18, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000376 [ADA] | State v. Latu (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | 153 Haw. 230 |
May 17, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000388 [ADA] | In re: The Residuary Trust Created Under the Betty C. Leu Revocable Trust Dated May 25, 2006, as Amended (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal, filed 03/09/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/09/2023. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/20/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/07/2023. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 17, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000387 [ADA] | In re: The Stanley T.F. Leu Revocable Trust Dated May 25, 2006, as Amended (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal, filed 03/09/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/09/2023. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 03/20/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/07/2023. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 16, 2023 | S.Ct | SCCQ-21-0000462 [ADA] | In re: Manuel (Second Order of Correction). S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/08/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 290. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 03/10/2023 [ada]. |
Certified Questions from the United States Court Bankruptcy Court for the District of Hawai‘i | |
May 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000426 [ADA] | Serville v. Serville (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000525 [ADA] | In re: JA (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | 153 Haw. 200 |
May 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000435 [ADA] | Higa v. Gallmore (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000083 [ADA] | Hawaiian Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation v. Schick (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000737 [ADA] | Tianjin Dinghui Hongjun Equity Investment Partnership v. Sha (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000270 [ADA] | Seymour v. Coleman (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Lahaina Division | |
May 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000283 [ADA] | Hawaiian Ranchos Road Maintenance Corporation v. Schick (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000273 [ADA] | Queen Emma-Prince Tower, LLC v. Kalo Student Suites, LLC (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000858 [ADA] | Goo v. Arakawa (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
May 11, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000364 [ADA] | State v. Borge, Jr (Second Order of Correction). ICA s.d.o., filed 09/14/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 431. ICA Order of Correction, filed 10/19/2022 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/19/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/02/2023 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/15/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 458. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 03/22/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
May 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000101 [ADA] | County of Maui v. Baskin (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
May 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000668 [ADA] | State v. MR (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Family Court, 5th Circuit | |
May 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000448 [ADA] | In re: Choy Revocable Trust Dated April 17, 1995 (Order). Consolidated with CAAP-22-0000449. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000308 [ADA] | Aloha Insurance Services, Inc. v. Smith (mem.op., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 153 Haw. 230 |
May 10, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000469 [ADA] | DJ v. CJ (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal as Moot, filed 11/16/2022 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/31/2023. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
May 10, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000370 [ADA] | Madison v. Provost (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/15/2023. ICA Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/24/2023 [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 04/17/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 525. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/09/2025. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari Without Prejudice, filed 05/09/2025 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/23/2025. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/07/2025 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
May 10, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000606 [ADA] | State v. Helgenberger (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
May 9, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000933 [ADA] | Lytle v. Airborne Aviation, Inc. (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., filed 04/20/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 181. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/29/2023. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/19/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/10/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
May 9, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000115 [ADA] | Continental Pacific, LLC v. Dubuclet (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
May 9, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000020 [ADA] | State v. Trulock (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 153 Haw. 200 |