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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
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| June 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000360 [ADA] | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Dressler (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| June 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000104 [ADA] | Heupel v. Northstar Memorial Group, LLC (Order Granting Motion for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| June 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000101 [ADA] | State v. Sporik (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/06/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/29/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Kāne‘ohe Division | 149 Haw. 339 |
| June 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000155 [ADA] | State v. Watanabe (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Kane‘ohe Division | 149 Haw. 339 |
| June 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000097 [ADA] | State v. Uyemura (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/22/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/24/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, North and South Kona Division | 149 Haw. 339 |
| June 25, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000266 [ADA] | Elder v. The Bluffs at Mauna Kea Community Association (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). ICA Order Granting July 13, 2016 Motion to Dismiss a Portion, but not all of the Appeal in Appellate Court Case Number CAAP-16-0000266 and Sua Sponte Dismissing Cross-Appeal in its entirety, filed 08/18/2016 [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 10/31/2019 [ada], 145 Haw. 263. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/04/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/16/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. mem. op., filed 05/13/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 209. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/19/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2021 [ada].
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Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 149 Haw. 339 |
| June 24, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000594 [ADA] | State v. Milne (Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed 06/26/2020. ICA Amended mem. op., filed 10/30/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 334. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/13/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/17/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/23/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 329. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 24, 2021 | S.Ct | SCMF-20-0000152 [ADA] | In re: Judiciary’s Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak (Order Further Extending June 5, 2020 Order Temporarily Suspending in Part Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 6(a)). S.Ct. Order Temporarily Suspending in Part Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule (6) (a), filed 06/05/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Extending June 5, 2020 Order Temporarily Suspending in Part Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 6(a), filed 12/22/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Further Extending June 5, 2020 Order Temporarily Suspending in Part Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 6(a) (Circuit Court of the First Circuit), filed 12/16/2021 [ada]. SCt. Order Further Extending June 5, 2020 Order Temporarily Suspending in Part Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 6(a) (Circuit Court of the First Circuit), filed 06/15/2022 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Further Extending June 5, 2020 Order Temporarily Suspending in Part Hawai‘i Rules of Penal Procedure Rule 6(a) (Circuit Court of the First Circuit), filed 12/20/2022 [ada]. |
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| June 24, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000467 [ADA] | Scutt v. Dorris (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit | 149 Haw. 302 |
| June 23, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000594 [ADA] | State v. Milne. ICA mem. op., filed 06/26/2020. ICA Amended mem. op., filed 10/30/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 334. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/13/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/17/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 06/24/2021 [ada]. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 149 Haw. 329 |
| June 23, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAD-21-0000116 [ADA] | Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Arensmeyer (Order). |
Original Proceeding | |
| June 23, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000655 [ADA] | Carter v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 22, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000439 [ADA] | State v. Pedro (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). Dissent from Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 08/24/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 232. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/27/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/23/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/04/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 256. Concurring Opinion by Wilson, J. [ada]. Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/04/2021. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 06/08/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 06/14/2021 [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 22, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000330 [ADA] | State v. Pratt (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 1st Cricuit, ‘Ewa Division | |
| June 22, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000168 [ADA] | Wells Fargo Delaware Trust Company, N.A. v. Cohen (s.d.o., reversed). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 149 Haw. 302 |
| June 22, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000841 [ADA] | Flores v. Ballard (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Opinion, filed 01/27/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 81. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/22/2021. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 07/12/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 357. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| June 22, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000153 [ADA] | State v. Jardine (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/15/2021. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/28/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 04/29/2022 [ada], 151 Haw. 96. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 149 Haw. 302 |
| June 21, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-18-0000699 [ADA] | U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for CSMC Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-7 v. Compton (mem. op., vacated and affirmed). ICA mem. op., filed 09/18/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 275. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/28/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/18/2021 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/01/2021. S.Ct. Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/09/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 07/09/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 378. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 149 Haw. 248 |
| June 21, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000746 [ADA] | U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v. Verhagen. ICA s.d.o., filed 07/20/2020, 148 Haw. 44. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/07/2020. ICA Order Granting in Part Motion for Reconsideration, filed 10/02/2020 [ada]. ICA Amended s.d.o., filed 10/02/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 322. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/28/2020. S.Ct.Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/18/2021 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/01/2021. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 07/06/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/09/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 149 Haw. 315 |
| June 18, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000353 [ADA] | Vierra v. Bernardino (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/28/2021. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/30/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, ‘Ewa Division | |
| June 17, 2021 | 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. Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 10/24/2022. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 11/04/2022 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| June 17, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000029 [ADA] | State v. Barshinger (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 01/22/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 1. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/05/2021. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| June 17, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000478 [ADA] | Protect and Preserve Kahoma Ahupua‘a Association v. Maui Planning Commission (Order of Correction). ICA mem. op., filed, 09/14/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 275. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/24/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 10/02/2020 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/14/2020. S.Ct. Order Granting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/20/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/16/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 304. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/28/2021. S.Ct. Order, filed 07/07/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 17, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000851 [ADA] | State v. Nathanael (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
District Court of the 1st Cricuit, Kane‘ohe Division | 149 Haw. 246 |
| June 17, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000595 [ADA] | Carvalho v. Carvalho (mem. op., affirmed in part, vacated in part, remanded, and affirmed in all other respects). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | 149 Haw. 302 |
| June 17, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000551 [ADA] | Greenspon v. Prommis Holdings, LLC (Order Approving Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeals). Consolidated with Case No. CAAP-19-0000837. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 17, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000736 [ADA] | In re: CH (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 149 Haw. 246 |
| June 16, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000526 [ADA] | Au v. Burgess (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 16, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000478 [ADA] | Protect and Preserve Kahoma Ahupua‘a Association v. Maui Planning Commission. ICA mem. op., filed, 09/14/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 275. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/24/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 10/02/2020 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/14/2020. S.Ct. Order Granting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/20/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 06/17/2021 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/28/2021. S.Ct. Order, filed 07/07/2021 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 149 Haw. 304 |
| June 16, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000061 [ADA] | Greenspon v. Prommis Holdings, LLC (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 16, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000724 | State v. Preble (mem. op., vacated and remanded). Motion for Clarification, filed 06/24/2021. ICA Order Granting in Part Motion for Clarification, filed 07/13/2021 [ada]. ICA Amended mem. op., filed 07/13/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 301. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 16, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000749 [ADA] | State v. Bauer (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/13/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/24/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 149 Haw. 301 |
| June 16, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000453 [ADA] | Provident Funding Associates, L.P. v. Gardner. ICA s.d.o., filed 11/29/2019 [ada], 145 Haw. 298. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/30/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/01/2020 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 149 Haw. 288 |
| June 15, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000374 [ADA] | In re: Albert Ian Schweitzer (s.d.o., vacated, reversed and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | 149 Haw. 301 |
| June 15, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000647 [ADA] | CH v. Child Support Enforcement Agency. |
Family Court, 1st Circuit | 149 Haw. 523 |
| June 14, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000439 [ADA] | State v. Pedro (Order of Correction). ICA s.d.o., filed 08/24/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 232. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/27/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/23/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/04/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 256. Concurring Opinion by Wilson, J. [ada]. Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/04/2021. S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 06/08/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/22/2021 [ada]. Dissent from Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration [ada]. |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 14, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000787 [ADA] | State v. Campbell (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/16/2021. S.Ct. Order Denying Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/12/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 149 Haw. 246 |
| June 14, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000931 [ADA] | State v. Kaaikala (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order of Correction, filed 07/29/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Ewa Division | 149 Haw. 245 |
| June 14, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000307 [ADA] | State v. Sipe (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/16/2021. S.Ct. Order Denying Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/24/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 149 Haw. 246 |
| June 14, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000451 [ADA] | State v. Naki (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 149 Haw. 301 |
| June 10, 2021 | S.Ct | SCPW-21-00000357 [ADA] | Burgess v. Kuhlmann (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus). Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/03/2021. |
Original Proceeding | |
| June 10, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000922 [ADA] | In re: JK. |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit | 149 Haw. 400 |
| June 9, 2021 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000004 [ADA] | Sylvester v. Administrative Director of the Courts (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 01/28/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 3. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/20/2021. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 09/13/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 486. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| June 9, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000047 [ADA] | In re: DA (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 5th Circuit | |
| June 9, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000764 [ADA] | Association of Apartment Owners of Marine Surf Waikiki, Inc. v. Pikor (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| June 9, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000031 [ADA] | DD v. SD (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Family Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 9, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000051 [ADA] | Eline v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 9, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-21-0000062 [ADA] | In re: Arbitration Between United Public Workers and City and County of Honolulu (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 9, 2021 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000035 [ADA] | State v. Amii (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/07/2021. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/21/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 149 Haw. 300 |
| June 8, 2021 | S.Ct | SCAD-14-0000353 [ADA] | Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Woodruff (Order). S.Ct. Order of Disbarment, filed 10/11/2016 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/12/2020. S.Ct. Order, filed 11/27/2020 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/07/2020. S.Ct. Order, filed 02/22/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Order, filed 07/23/2021 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding |