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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 19, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000636 [ADA] | In re: P Children (mem.op., vacated and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/24/2023. S.Ct. Order, filed 12/07/2023 [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 12/07/2023 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 02/13/2025. S.Ct. Amended Opinion, filed 02/13/2025 [ada], 155 Haw. 332. Dissenting Opinion by Devens, J. [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 02/13/2025. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 02/21/2025 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | 153 Haw. 292 |
| September 18, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000657 [ADA] | Paro v. Hawaii Home Management & Cleaning Service LLC (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 06/07/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 237. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/07/2023. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| September 18, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000282 [ADA] | Coda v. State (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 06/23/2323 [ada], 153 Haw. 243. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/13/2023. ICA Order, filed 07/20/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/07/2023. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/10/2023. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| September 15, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000023 [ADA] | SDCK I, LLC v. Aina Le‘a, Inc. (Order Approving “Stipulation to Dismiss With Prejudice Defendant and Crossclaimant-Appellee Romspen Investment Corporation and Claims Related to Parcel D-1-B-2”). ICA Order of Correction, filed 10/04/2023 [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 06/06/2025 [ada], 156 Haw. 103. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| September 15, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000786 [ADA] | U.S. Bank Trust N.A. v. Delude (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| September 13, 2023 | S.Ct | SCAD-23-0000254 [ADA] | Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Schum (Order). |
Original Proceeding | |
| September 13, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000395 [ADA] | State v. Bautista. ICA mem. op., filed 02/28/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 247. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/03/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/30/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| September 12, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000302 [ADA] | Gilroy v. Triantos (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| September 11, 2023 | S.Ct | SCOT-22-0000152 [ADA] | In re: Connections New Century Public Charter School and Community Based Education Support Services (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). S.Ct. Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Cross-Appeal, filed 10/02/2023 [ada] |
Land Use Commission | |
| September 11, 2023 | S.Ct | SCOT-22-0000149 [ADA] | In re: Connections New Century Public Charter School and Community Based Education Support Services (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). S.Ct. Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Cross-Appeal, filed 10/02/2023 [ada]. |
Land Use Commission | |
| September 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000179 [ADA] | Roebuck v. Kohl (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| September 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000476 [ADA] | Romancia v. Yellen (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, Puna Division | |
| September 11, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000501 [ADA] | Hofelich v. McMullen (Order Granting in Part Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| September 8, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000521 [ADA] | Banks Pacific Construction, Inc. v. Tsai (s.d.o., dismissed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| September 8, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000400 [ADA] | Hasegawa v. Fang (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Cross-Appeal). ICA mem. op., filed 05/11/2026, 158 Haw. 212. Consolidated with CAAP-23-0000707 and CAAP-24-0000502. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/19/2026. ICA Order Denying Defendants-Appellants Hawaii City Plaza LP and Hawaii Ocean Plaza LP’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed on 06/01/2026. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/18/2026. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| September 7, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000124 [ADA] | State v. Aldan (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| September 7, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000708 [ADA] | State v. Compton (Order Dismissing Appeal). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/17/2023. ICA Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/20/2023 [ada]. ICA Order Dismissing Appeal, filed 01/29/2024 [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, North and South Kona Division | |
| September 6, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000582 [ADA] | In re: AJ (s.d.o., affirmed). Consolidated with CAAP-22-0000583. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| September 5, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000847 [ADA] | Saplan v. U.S. Bank National Association (Order Accepting Application for Writ Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 04/26/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 184. Application for Writ Certiorari, filed 08/04/2023. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 05/20/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 181. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| September 1, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000468 [ADA] | State v. Sing (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/04/2023. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/18/2024 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/28/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 377. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 153 Haw. 282 |
| August 31, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-18-0000612 [ADA] | State v. Michels (Order Denying Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 03/24/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 124. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/14/2023. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/19/2023 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/24/2023. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, North and South Kona Division | |
| August 31, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000313 [ADA] | State v. Chacon (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| August 30, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000306 [ADA] | Wilhelm v. Kealia Ranch, LLC, In re: Application to Settle Boundaries of the Land of Kahuku (Portion), District of Ka‘u, Island of Hawai‘i (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| August 29, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000776 [ADA] | Groeger v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (mem. op., vacated, affirmed, dismissed and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 28, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000516 [ADA] | State v. Nieto (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 25, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000507 [ADA] | DS v. WG (Order Denying Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., filed 08/08/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 262. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/18/2023. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/07/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/17/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit, Hilo Division | |
| August 24, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000643 [ADA] | U.S. Bank National Association v. Cerney (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| August 24, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000356 | State v. Banares (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). ICA Order Granting Defendant-Appellant’s Motion for Publication of Summary Disposition Order Filed on August 24, 2023, filed 10/16/2023 [ada]. ICA Opinion, filed 10/16/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 365. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 24, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000471 [ADA] | Board of Land and Natural Resources v. Crabtree (Order Denying Petition). Petition for Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition, filed 08/09/2023. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 04/18/2024 [ada], 154 Haw. 113. |
Original Proceeding | |
| August 23, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000378 [ADA] | U.S. Bank National Association v. Amina (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 22, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000427 [ADA] | In re: AA (Order Denying Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 05/24/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 232. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/29/2023. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 22, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000801 [ADA] | Myers v. Hawaiian Homes Commission (Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed 07/20/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 259. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 21, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-21-0000557 [ADA] | In re: KY (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 04/24/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 182. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/03/2023. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| August 17, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-22-0000708 [ADA] | In re: AR and LN (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| August 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000131 [ADA] | Vicente v. Hilo Medical Investors, Ltd. (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/24/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/04/2023 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| August 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000254 [ADA] | In re: Elaban v. Department of Transportation (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 153 Haw. 264 |
| August 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000458 [ADA] | Hirano v. McClory (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 16, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000040 [ADA] | In re: Guardianship and Conservatorship of Stanley M. Zedalis, an Incapacitated Person (s.d.o., dismissed in part and affirmed in part). Consolidated With Case No. CAAP-18-0000041. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 153 Haw. 264 |
| August 15, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000300 [ADA] | Fletcher v. Remigio (Order). Petition, filed 04/21/2023. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition, filed 06/26/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/15/2023. Subject Motions, filed 09/06/2023-11/10/2023. S.Ct. Order, filed 11/22/2023 [ada]. Subject Motions, filed 12/06/2023. S.Ct. Order, filed 12/21/2023 [ada]. |
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| August 15, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000469 [ADA] | In re: The Estate of Kekumu, Jr. (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| August 15, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000373 [ADA] | Villeza v. Castagnetti (Order Denying Petitioners’ Motion for Reconsideration). Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition, filed 06/01/2023. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition, filed 08/10/2023 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/11/2023. |
Original Proceeding | |
| August 14, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000071 [ADA] | KK v. RK (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/14/2023. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration and Order of Correction, filed 09/21/2023 [ada]. |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| August 14, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000467 [ADA] | Kurata v. Domingo (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus Without Prejudice). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 08/07/2023. |
Original Proceeding | |
| August 14, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000358 [ADA] | Carter v. Johnson (Order Denying Petition for Extraordinary Writ). Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 05/24/2023. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 07/05/2023 [ada]. Petition for Extraordinary Writ, filed 07/21/2023. |
Original Proceeding | |
| August 14, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000397 [ADA] | Goran Pleho, LLC v. Rnic (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| August 10, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-22-0000017 [ADA] | Nguyen v. Administrative Director of the Courts (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). Dissent to the Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 02/28/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 246. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/13/2023. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| August 10, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-18-0000933 [ADA] | Lytle v. Airborne Aviation, Inc. (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). 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. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/09/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| August 10, 2023 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000768 [ADA] | Bernabe v. Employees’ Retirement System (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 03/17/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 259. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/15/2023. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| August 10, 2023 | S.Ct | SCPW-23-0000373 [ADA] | Villeza v. Castagnetti (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition). Petition for Writ of Mandamus and/or Prohibition, filed 06/01/2023. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/11/2023. S.Ct. Order Denying Petitioners’ Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/15/2023 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| August 9, 2023 | ICA | CAAP-23-0000282 [ADA] | State v. Croke (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
