Opinions 
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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 13, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPR-22-0000704 [ADA] | In re: Salling (Order Granting Petition to Resign in Good Standing). |
Original Proceeding | |
| December 12, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000031 [ADA] | Paco v. Myers (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 109 |
| December 12, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000287 [ADA] | U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v. Launani Assets LLC (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| December 7, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000401 [ADA] | Maui Realtors Leasing v. Feroldi (Order Granting motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| December 6, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000607 [ADA] | Deangelo v. Souza (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). S.Ct. Opinion, filed 11/17/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 55. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/28/2022. |
Original Proceeding | |
| December 6, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-18-0000743 [ADA] | Meyers v. Meyers (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Opinion, filed 08/25/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 492. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/06/2022. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration and Dismissing Motion for Extension of Time to File a Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/14/2022 [ada]. ICA Order of Correction, filed 09/22/2022 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/24/2022. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| December 6, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPR-22-0000714 [ADA] | Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Chapman (Order Granting Petition to Resign in Lieu of Discipline). |
Original Proceeding | |
| December 5, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000062 [ADA] | In re: The Guardianship of LN and BN (mem. op., affirmed, vacated and remanded). |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | 152 Haw. 109 |
| December 1, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000677 [ADA] | MS v. PP (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | 152 Haw. 109 |
| December 1, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000478 [ADA] | State v. Sylva (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/06/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/21/2023 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 12/29/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 447. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/08/2024. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/17/2024 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 152 Haw. 109 |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000844 [ADA] | JK v. DK (mem.op., affirmed). Dissenting Opinion by Nakasone, J. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/06/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/03/2023 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 08/03/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | 152 Haw. 108 |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000236 [ADA] | Guyer v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 152 Haw. 108 |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000428 [ADA] | City and County of Honolulu and Honolulu Board of Water Supply v. Sunoco LP (Order Denying Motion to Consolidate and for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000757 [ADA] | Royce v. Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 152 Haw. 107 |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000008 [ADA] | Paco v. Newton (Order). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000077 [ADA] | Louviere v. Hilton Hawaiian Village, LLC (Order). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| November 30, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000429 [ADA] | Shigezo Hawaii, Inc. v. Soy to the World Incorporated (mem.op., affirmed, vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 108 |
| November 29, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000608 [ADA] | Graham v. Circuit Court (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 10/17/2022. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 28, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPR-22-0000635 [ADA] | In re: Garneau (Order Granting Petition to Resign in Good Standing). |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 28, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPR-22-0000657 [ADA] | In re: McClure (Order Granting Petition to Resign in Good Standing). |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 28, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPR-22-0000677 [ADA] | In re: Li (Order Granting Petition to Resign in Good Standing). |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 28, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000575 [ADA] | Barrett v. Haia (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 09/29/2022. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 09/30/2022 [ada]. Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 10/24/2022. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 28, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000358 [ADA] | Makila Land Co., LLC v. Kapu. ICA s.d.o., filed 02/28/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 67. Application for Writ of Certiorari, 05/19/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/16/2019 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 152 Haw. 112 |
| November 28, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000738 [ADA] | State v. DeShields (s.d.o., affirmed, vacated and remanded). Concurring Opinion by Nakasone, J. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/30/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/09/2023 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 94 |
| November 28, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000431 [ADA] | In re: Tax Appeal of Jeffrey S. Lindner and Moloa‘a Farms, LLC. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/28/2022. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/06/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/27/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/07/2023 [ada]. |
Tax Appeal Court | 152 Haw. 130 |
| November 23, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000714 [ADA] | State v. Blyenburg. Dissenting Opinion by Wilson, J., With Whom McKenna, J., Joins [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 11/19/2021 [ada], 150 Haw. 219. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/07/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/04/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 66 |
| November 23, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000043 [ADA] | Kawaauhau v. Hawaiian Paradise Park Owners Association (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| November 22, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000370 [ADA] | Suitt v. State. 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]. 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 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 | 152 Haw. 60 |
| November 22, 2022 | S.Ct | SCEC-22-0000682 [ADA] | Malish v. Nago (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). S.Ct. Order Dismissing Complaint in Part, filed 11/14/2022 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/16/2022. S.Ct. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment, filed 12/23/2022 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 22, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000683 [ADA] | Mason v. Souza (Order Denying Petition). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, Prohibition, or Other Extraordinary Writ, filed 11/04/2022. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 18, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000325 [ADA] | State v. Kalani (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 07/05/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 355. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/03/2022. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 17, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000607 [ADA] | Deangelo v. Souza. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/28/2022. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/06/2022 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | 152 Haw. 55 |
| November 17, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000497 [ADA] | Chen v. Hawaiian Riverbend, LLC (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| November 16, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000804 [ADA] | LFG Holdings, LLC v. Schmidt (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 93 |
| November 16, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000469 [ADA] | DJ v. CJ (Order Dismissing Appeal as Moot). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/31/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/10/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 15, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000634 [ADA] | Ka‘iama v. Chairperson of the Disciplinary Board of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 10/26/2022. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 14, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000072 [ADA] | Arbles v. Merit Appeals Board (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Opinion, filed 06/30/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 400. ICA Order of Correction, filed 07/15/2022. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2022. ICA Amended Order of Correction, filed 07/21/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| November 14, 2022 | S.Ct | SCEC-22-0000682 [ADA] | Malish v. Nago (Order Dismissing Complaint in Part). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/16/2022. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/22/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment, filed 12/23/2022 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 14, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000507 [ADA] | State v. Sauceda (Order Denying Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 06/30/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 355. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/19/2022. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | |
| November 14, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000438 [ADA] | MacCarley v. Countrywide Financial Corporation, Inc (mem. op., vacated, affirmed and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 152 Haw. 26 |
| November 14, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000387 [ADA] | AB v. MF (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 06/28/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 353. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/10/2022. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| November 10, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000272 [ADA] | In re: QH (Order of Correction). ICA s.d.o., filed 11/10/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 93. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/19/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/16/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 10, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000272 [ADA] | In re: QH (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order of Correction, filed 11/10/2022 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/19/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/16/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 93 |
| November 10, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000570 [ADA] | Doherty v. Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 9, 2022 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000504 [ADA] | State v. Tronson (s.d.o., vacated, affirmed and remanded). Dissent by Wilson, J., With Whom McKenna, J., Joins [ada]. ICA mem. op., filed 06/30/20 [ada], 147 Haw. 628. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/21/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/04/2020 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 25 |
| November 9, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-22-0000674 [ADA] | Richardson v. Holma (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus and for Writ to Stay the Sale of Property). Petition for Writ of Mandamus and for Writ to Stay the Sale of Property, filed 11/01/2022. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 7, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000393 [ADA] | Cates v. State (Order (1) Dismissing Appeal in CAAP-22-0000393 and (2) Denying Motion to Consolidate Appeals in CAAP-22-0000510). |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| November 7, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000245 [ADA] | Vicente v. Hilo Medical Investors, Ltd. (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| November 7, 2022 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000776 [ADA] | Jones v. Hawai‘i Medical Board (mem. op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/31/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/09/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 152 Haw. 25 |
| November 4, 2022 | S.Ct | SCPW-20-0000522 [ADA] | Williamson v. Ashford (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 08/24/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 09/04/2020 [ada]. Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 06/15/2021. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 06/17/2021 [ada]. Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 10/24/2022. |
Original Proceeding |