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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 17, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000348 [ADA] | Vicente v. Hilo Medical Investors, Ltd. (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/24/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/14/2021 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| November 16, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000697 [ADA] | State v. Dulan (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/25/2022. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/05/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 218 |
| November 12, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000122 [ADA] | State v. Arroyo (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed, 07/30/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 412. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/07/2021. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| November 12, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000689 [ADA] | State v. Hirata (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/08/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/23/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 10/31/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 27. Dissenting Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 218 |
| November 10, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000423 [ADA] | Association of Apartment Owners of Hololani v. Miller (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 03/22/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 150. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/24/2021. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/26/2021 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/20/2021. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| November 10, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000431 [ADA] | State v. Anno, Jr. (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 10, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000604 [ADA] | Lam v. Jenkins (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| November 9, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAD-19-0000586 [ADA] | In re: Fukumoto (Order). S.Ct. Order of Suspension, filed 12/05/2019 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 8, 2021 | S.Ct | SCPR-21-0000590 [ADA] | In re: Chong (Order Granting Petition to Resign in Good Standing). |
Original Proceeding | |
| November 8, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-18-0000704 [ADA] | DL v CL (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 04/26/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 206. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/06/2021. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/27/2021 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/27/2021. S.Ct. mem. op., filed 01/28/2022 [ada], 150 Haw. 401. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 8, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-14-0001115 [ADA] | PL III, LLC v. Puu Lani Ranch Corp. (Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 05/29/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 385. Consolidated with Case Nos. CAAP-15-0000484 and CAAP-15-0000671. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/03/2019. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/11/2019 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/23/2021. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/17/2021. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/22/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| November 8, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000029 [ADA] | WH v. AH (Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion for Reconsideration). ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 10/28/2021 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/02/2021. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/24/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/07/2022 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| November 8, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000808 [ADA] | Au v. Cades Schutte LLP (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 8, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000533 [ADA] | State v. Alisna (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/07/2022. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/12/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 181 |
| November 5, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000446 [ADA] | State v. Newcomb, Jr. (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/31/2022. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/10/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 180 |
| November 4, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAP-19-0000372 [ADA] | League of Women Voters of Honolulu v. State (Order of Correction). S.Ct. Opinion, filed 11/04/2021 [ada], 150 Haw. 182. Dissenting Opinion by Recktenwald, C.J., in Which Circuit Judge Kawamura Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 182 |
| November 4, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAP-19-0000372 [ADA] | League of Women Voters of Honolulu v. State. Dissenting Opinion by Recktenwald, C.J., in Which Circuit Judge Kawamura Joins [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 11/04/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 182 |
| November 3, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000651 [ADA] | State v. Kasty (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 06/30/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 341. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/23/2021. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| November 3, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000505 [ADA] | In re: Tax Appeal of DLMC, Inc. (Order Dismissing Appeal Without Prejudice). |
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| November 2, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000720 [ADA] | State v. Higheagle (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 150 Haw. 157 |
| November 1, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAD-21-0000561 [ADA] | Disciplinary Board of the Hawai‘i Supreme Court v. Kodani (Order of Transfer to Inactive Status). |
Original Proceeding | |
| October 29, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000481 [ADA] | State v. Vaden (mem. op., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/13/2022. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/24/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/15/2023 [ada], 153 Haw. 95. Dissenting Opinion by Wilson, J., With Whom McKenna, J., Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 150 Haw. 156 |
| October 29, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000122 [ADA] | Peck v. Nakkim (mem. op., affirmed and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/27/2022. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/07/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 150 Haw. 157 |
| October 29, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000590 [ADA] | State v. Ikeda (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/09/2022. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/17/2022 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 150 Haw. 156 |
| October 29, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000524 [ADA] | State v. Young. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/28/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/07/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 365 |
| October 28, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000029 [ADA] | WH v. AH (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/02/2021. ICA Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/08/2021 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/24/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/07/2022 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| October 28, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000324 [ADA] | JW v. LW (s.d.o., affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded). ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Cross-Appeal, filed 06/06/2019. ICA Amended Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Cross-Appeal, filed 06/10/2019 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/05/2021. ICA Order, filed 11/19/2021 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 155 |
| October 28, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000409 [ADA] | Grandinetti v. Macadamia (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| October 28, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000410 [ADA] | Grandinetti v. Ige (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| October 28, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000118 [ADA] | Maui Harbor Shops, LP v. Octagon Corporation (s.d.o., affirmed). Consolidated with CAAP-18-0000365 and CAAP-18-0000443. |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | 150 Haw. 156 |
| October 28, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000866 [ADA] | State v. Cardenas. ICA Order of Correction, filed 12/17/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 307 |
| October 27, 2021 | S.Ct | SCPW-21-0000549 [ADA] | Skiles v. Ige (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus). Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 10/08/2021. |
Original Proceeding | |
| October 27, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000451 [ADA] | Jacoby v. Jacoby. ICA s.d.o., filed 04/20/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 205. Consolidated with Case No. CAAP-19-0000664. ICA Order of Correction, filed 04/21/2021 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/23/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/03/2021 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/08/2021. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/24/2021 [ada]. |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | 150 Haw. 158 |
| October 27, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000425 [ADA] | Bordenyuk v. Kaulia-Webb (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | |
| October 27, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000403 [ADA] | State v. Slavik. ICA Order of Correction, filed 04/08/2022 [ada]. ICA Amended Order of Correction, filed 04/08/2022 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 150 Haw. 343 |
| October 26, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000728 [ADA] | In re: LC, AC, IC, and DG (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/13/2021. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/13/2022. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/07/2022 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | 150 Haw. 155 |
| October 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000798 [ADA] | Papaku LLC v. Straub (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 150 Haw. 155 |
| October 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000057 [ADA] | Hawaii State Federal Credit Union v. Kahapea (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 3rd Circuit | 150 Haw. 155 |
| October 25, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000387 [ADA] | Delapinia v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC. ICA Opinion, filed 02/12/2020 [ada], 146 Haw. 218. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/13/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/04/2020 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 150 Haw. 91 |
| October 22, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000644 [ADA] | State v. Cattaneo. ICA mem. op., filed 02/24/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 79. ICA Order of Correction, filed 04/29/2021 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/29/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/27/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 150 Haw. 86 |
| October 22, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000532 [ADA] | Rapozo v. State. ICA mem. op., filed 03/12/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 104. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/25/2021. S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/30/2021 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/20/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/27/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 66 |
| October 22, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000814 [ADA] | State v. Armitage (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 150 Haw. 154 |
| October 22, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000479 [ADA] | State v. Wilborn (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| October 21, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000035 [ADA] | State v. Amii (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 06/09/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 300. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/07/2021. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| October 21, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000395 [ADA] | State v. Kaluau 3rd (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed, 06/28/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 340. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/09/2021. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, North and South Kona Division | |
| October 21, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAD-14-0001104 [ADA] | In re: Ueoka, Esq (Order Granting Motion for Discharge). |
Original Proceeding | |
| October 21, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000424 [ADA] | Bordenyuk v. Kaulia-Webb (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | |
| October 20, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000559 [ADA] | Granger v. Max Mara Retail, Ltd. (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| October 18, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000441 [ADA] | Yoshida-Conselva v. Vivas (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| October 18, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000433 [ADA] | Morrow v. Morrow (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit |