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Date |
Ct. |
Case Number |
Case Name |
Appealed From |
Reporter Citation |
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| July 22, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000415 [ADA] | United Public Workers v. Kishimoto (Order Approving in Part Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| July 22, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000853 [ADA] | Mata v. Sarabia (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | |
| July 21, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000582 [ADA] | Jaisingane v. Association of Apartment Owners of the Ala Wai Plaza Skyrise Condominium (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| July 20, 2020 | S.Ct | SCPW-20-0000405 [ADA] | Sandry v. State (Order Denying “Motion Objecting [to] the Decision and Order Denying Non-Violent Community Custody Petitioner Release”). Concurrence [ada]. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/01/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/24/2020 [ada]. Concurrence [ada]. “Motion Objecting [to] the Decision and Order Denying Non-Violent Community Custody Petitioner Release”, filed 07/10/2020. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 08/07/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 08/28/2020 [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| July 20, 2020 | S.Ct | SCPW-20-0000404 [ADA] | Drummondo v. State (Order Denying “Motion Objecting [to] the Decision and Order Denying Non-Violent Community Custody Petitioner Release”). Concurrence [ada]. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/01/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/24/2020 [ada]. Concurrence [ada]. “Motion Objecting [to] the Decision and Order Denying Non-Violent Community Custody Petitioner Release”, filed 07/10/2020. |
Original Proceeding | |
| July 20, 2020 | S.Ct | SCPW-20-0000390 [ADA] | Denomie v. State (Order Denying “Motion Objecting [to] the Decision and Dismiss Order Denying Non-Violent Community Custody Petitioner Release From Custody Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic”). Concurrence [ada]. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 05/27/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/03/2020 [ada]. “Motion Objecting [to] the Decision and Dismiss Order Denying Non-Violent Community Custody Petitioner Release From Custody Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic”, filed 07/10/2020. Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 09/2/2020. Motion for Summary Judgement filed, 09/11/2020. S.Ct. Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Summary Judgment, filed 09/30/2020 [ada]. Concurrence by Wilson, J. |
Original Proceeding | |
| July 20, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000746 | U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v. Verhagen (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). Motion for Reconsideration, filed 08/07/2020. ICA Order Granting in Part Motion for Reconsideration, filed 10/02/2020 [ada]. ICA Ameded 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]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/21/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 315. 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 | 148 Haw. 44 |
| July 17, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000348 [ADA] | Foo v. Boner (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). Dissent [ada]. ICA mem. op., filed 02/21/2020 [ada], 146 Haw. 207. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/04/2020. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| July 17, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000345 [ADA] | State v. Jones (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA s.d.o., filed 06/19/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 429. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/13/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/06/2019 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/30/2020 [ada], 148 Haw. 152. Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/10/2020. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| July 16, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-17-0000414 [ADA] | State v. Ferguson (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 02/28/2020 [ada], 146 Haw. 230. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/01/2020. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| July 15, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-20-0000050 [ADA] | State v. Grandinetti (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction and Dismissing All Pending Motions as Moot, filed 05/20/2020 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/27/2020. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/03/2020. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of May 20, 2020 Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/12/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/25/2020 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/10/2020. |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit | |
| July 14, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000664 [ADA] | Skahan v. Stutts Construction Company (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Order Dismissing the Appeal, filed 03/14/2017 [ada]. Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration of the Order Dismissing the Appeal dated March 14, 2017, filed 03/17/2017. ICA s.d.o., filed 04/01/2020 [ada], 146 Haw. 234. ICA Order Granting the March 17, 2017 Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/03/2017 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/13/2020. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/14/2020. ICA Order Denying the April 13, 2020 Motion for Reconsideration and Dismissing the April 14, 2020 Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/21/2020 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/21/2020. ICA Order Denying the April 21, 2020 Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/01/2020 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/01/2020. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 12/24/2020. Consolidated with Case Nos. CAAP-16-0000663 and CAAP-19-0000077. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 01/04/2021. S.Ct. Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration of the Opinion Filed December 24, 2020, filed 01/08/2021 [ada]. S.Ct. Amended Opinion, filed 01/08/2021 [ada], 148 Haw. 460. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| July 13, 2020 | S.Ct | SCPW-20-0000433 [ADA] | Martinez v. Frink (Order Denying Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus). Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed 06/29/2020. |
Original Proceeding | |
| July 10, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000876 [ADA] | Honolulu Student Housing One, LLC. v. Gonzalez (Order (1) Denying Motion for Reconsideration or New Trial and (2) Dismissing Motion to Set Aside Default). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal, filed 05/28/2020 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/05/2020. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| July 9, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000684 [ADA] | Leong v. Honolulu Ford, Inc. (Order Accepting Application for writ of Certiorari). ICA mem. op., filed 03/28/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 139. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/12/2020. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 12/10/2021 [ada], 150 Haw. 289. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/20/2021. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/29/2021 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| July 8, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000410 [ADA] | State v. Lorenzo (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 12/23/2019 [ada], 146 Haw. 31. ICA Order of Correction, filed 01/27/2020 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/26/2020. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| July 8, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000360 [ADA] | Sato v. Knauss (s.d.o., affirmed). Consolidated with Case No. CAAP-19-0000361. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Wahiawā Division | 148 Haw. 26 |
| July 7, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000012 [ADA] | PNC Bank, National Association v. Reyna (Order Denying June 28, 2020 Motion for Reconsideration of June 17, 2020 Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). ICA Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction, filed 06/17/2020 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/28/2020. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| July 2, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000262 [ADA] | Grindling v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| July 2, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000558 [ADA] | State v. Hunter (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | |
| July 1, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-19-0000795 [ADA] | In re: The Estate of Stirling (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal, filed 05/08/2020 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/15/2020. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000960 [ADA] | In re: Elaine Emma Short Revocable Living Trust Agreement Dated July 17, 1984 (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). Dissent to Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration [ada]. ICA mem. op., filed 06/10/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 391. Petitioner/Respondent’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/27/2019 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/18/2020 [ada], 147 Haw. 456. Opinion Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, By Recktenwald, C. J., With Whom Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration by Trustee First Hawaiian Bank, filed 06/29/2020. Motion for Reconsideration by Respondent David Short, filed 06/29/2020. S.Ct Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/30/2020 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-15-0000960 [ADA] | In re: Elaine Emma Short Revocable Living Trust Agreement Dated July 17, 1984 (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration). ICA mem. op., filed 06/10/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 391. Petitioner/Respondent’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/27/2019 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/18/2020 [ada], 147 Haw. 456. Opinion Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, By Recktenwald, C. J., With Whom Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration by Trustee First Hawaiian Bank, filed 06/29/2020. Motion for Reconsideration by Respondent David Short, filed 06/29/2020. S.Ct Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/30/2020 [ada]. Dissent to Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000071 [ADA] | Rames v. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (Order Granting June 16, 2020 Motion to Dismiss Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000345 [ADA] | State v. Jones. Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part, in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 06/19/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 429. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/13/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/06/2019 [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/10/2020. S.Ct Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 07/17/2020 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 148 Haw. 152 |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-18-0000138 [ADA] | Kelepolo v. Fernandez. Application for Writ of Certiorari or in the alternative Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 09/05/2018. S.Ct Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari and Directing Answer to Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed 11/02/2018 [ada]. ICA s.d.o, filed 10/31/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 25. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/23/2023. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/16/2023 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 148 Haw. 182 |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCAP-18-0000068 [ADA] | Kalima v. State. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 148 Haw. 129 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000815 [ADA] | Longhi v. Hu (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/30/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/25/2020 [ada]. Dissent of McKenna, J. in Which Wilson, J., Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-20-0000289 [ADA] | Abel v. Bank of America, N.A. (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate Jurisdiction). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/30/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/25/2020 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCPW-18-0000550 [ADA] | Hyland v. Gonzales (Order Dismissing Petition for Writ of Mandamus). |
Original Proceeding | |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000146 [ADA] | State v. Parras (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). Dissenting Opinion by Ginoza, Chief Judge [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/14/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/30/2020 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 148 Haw. 26 |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000604 [ADA] | State v. Glenn. ICA s.d.o., filed 02/21/2019 [ada], 144 Haw. 62. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/21/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/26/2019 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 148 Haw. 112 |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-14-0000594 [ADA] | Cadiz v. QSI, Inc. ICA s.d.o., filed 03/31/2017 [ada], 139 Haw. 428. Consolidated with No. CAAP-16-0000029. Claimant-Appellant Jay Cadiz’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 04/08/2017. ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/15/2017 [ada]. Petitioner-Appellant Jay Cadiz’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/31/2017. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/11/2017 [ada]. |
Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board | 148 Haw. 96 |
| June 30, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-12-0000537 [ADA] | State v. Conroy. Dissenting Opinion by Recktenwald, C. J., in Which Nakayama, J., Joins [ada]. ICA s.d.o., filed 06/27/2016 [ada], 138 Haw. 141. Petitioner-Appellant Sean Conroy’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/13/2016. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/28/2016 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 148 Haw. 194 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000150 [ADA] | State v. Giugliano (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/10/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/20/2020 [ada]. Dissent of McKenna, J., in Which Wilson, J., Joins [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit | 148 Haw. 25 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000328 [ADA] | Callender v. Baldwin (s.d.o., vacated, affirmed and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 148 Haw. 25 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000702 [ADA] | Martin v. Kozuma (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/26/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/08/2020 [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit | 148 Haw. 25 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000887 [ADA] | State v. Torres (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/28/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/12/2020 [ada]. |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, South Kohala Division | 148 Haw. 26 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000940 [ADA] | State v. Angei (s.d.o., affirmed). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/06/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/18/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 03/15/2023 [ada], 152 Haw. 484. Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by Wilson, J. [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 148 Haw. 25 |
| June 30, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000504 [ADA] | State v. Tronson (mem. op., affirmed, vacated and remanded). Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 09/21/2020. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/04/2020 [ada]. S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 11/09/2022 [ada], 152 Haw. 25. Dissent by Wilson, J., With Whom McKenna, J., Joins [ada]. |
District Court, 1st Circuit | 147 Haw. 628 |
| June 29, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-16-0000810 [ADA] | State v. Means. ICA s.d.o., filed 11/08/2018 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/11/2019. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/27/2019 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit | 148 Haw. 212 |
| June 29, 2020 | S.Ct | SCPW-18-0000690 [ADA] | King v. Kobayashi (Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Petition for Writ of Mandamus). |
Original Proceeding | |
| June 29, 2020 | S.Ct | SCWC-14-0000870 [ADA] | Grinpas v. Kapaa 382, LLC (mem. op., affirmed). ICA mem.op., filed 08/07/2019 [ada], 145 Haw. 54. Defendant Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/07/2019. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/07/2019. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/21/2019 [ada]. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 12/27/2019 [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 5th Circuit | 148 Haw. 277 |
| June 29, 2020 | S.Ct | SCAD-19-0000416 [ADA] | Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Terada (Order of Suspension). Dissenting Order [ada]. |
Original Proceeding | |
| June 29, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-19-0000244 [ADA] | State v. Bida (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 3rd Circuit, South Kohala Division | 148 Haw. 24 |
| June 29, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000601 [ADA] | State v. Sher (s.d.o., vacated and remanded). |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit, Kona Division | 147 Haw. 627 |
| June 29, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000660 [ADA] | State v. Lautalo (mem., op. vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 147 Haw. 627 |
| June 29, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-16-0000609 [ADA] | Acopan v. Elegant Concepts, LLC (mem. op., affirmed). Dissenting Opinion by Leonard, J. [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/14/2020. S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/27/2020 [ada]. Dissent of McKenna, J. in Which Wilson, J., Joins [ada]. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit | 147 Haw. 628 |
| June 29, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-17-0000528 [ADA] | Morris v. Seidl (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division | 148 Haw. 24 |
| June 29, 2020 | ICA | CAAP-18-0000526 [ADA] | State v. McGlothin (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Division | 148 Haw. 24 |