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2024
No. SCWC-18-0000216, Thursday, October 31, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent/Employer-Appellant-Appellee, vs. RUTH FORBES (MAB Case No. 354), Petitioner/Appellee-Appellant, and MERIT APPEALS BOARD, SEAN SANADA, VALERIE B. PACHECO, and NORA NOMURA, Respondents/Agency-Appellees-Appellees.
No. SCAP-23-0000416, Thursday, October 31, 2024, 9 a.m.
ANN GIMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-18-0000057, Thursday, September 26, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
KE KAUHULU O MĀNĀ, an unincorporated association, HAWAIʿI ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTION, a non-profit corporation, SURFRIDER FOUNDATION, a non-profit corporation, KOHOLĀ LEO, a non- profit corporation, and PUNOHU KEKAUALUA III, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross- Appellees, vs. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAIʿI, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee, and SYNGENTA SEEDS, LLC, a limited liability company, and SYNGENTA HAWAIʿI, LLC, a limited liability company, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.
No. SCWC-18-0000941, Thursday, September 26, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
WILLIAM FORESMAN, a single man, Respondent/Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee, vs. JOHN FORESMAN, a single man, Petitioner/Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff-Appellant.
No. SCPW-24-0000537, Thursday, September 12, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
HAWAI‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE PETER K. KUBOTA, Judge of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, State of Hawai‘i, Respondent Judge, and ALBERT IAN SCHWEITZER, SHAWN SCHWEITZER, and STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondents.
No. SCWC-22-0000636, Thursday, August 29, 2024, 2 p.m.
IN THE INTEREST OF THE P CHILDREN
No. SCWC-18-0000119, Thursday, August 29, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
DELBERT P. COSTA, JR., Petitioner/Claimant-Appellee-Appellant, vs. COUNTY OF HAWAIʿI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, Respondent/Employer-Appellant-Self-Insured-Appellee, and COUNTY OF HAWAIʿI, HEALTH AND SAFETY DIVISION, Respondent/Adjuster-Appellant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-22-0000349, Thursday, August 22, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC., Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-19-0000107, Thursday, August 22, 2024, 9 a.m.
MĀLAMA KAKANILUA, an unincorporated association; CLARE H. APANA; and KANILOA LANI KAMAUNU, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, COUNTY OF MAUI; and MAUI LANI PARTNERS, a domestic partnership, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-23-0000185, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. RANDALL HOFFMAN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-22-0000585, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 9 a.m.
ALPHA, INC., Petitioner and Respondent/Appellant-Appellant, vs. BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Respondent and Petitioner/Appellee-Appellee, and OFFICE OF ADMINSITRATIVE HEARINGS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Appellee-Appellee, and BEYLIK/ENERGETIC A JV, Respondent/Appellee-Intervenor-Appellee.
No. SCWC-19-0000668, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 2 p.m.
ROWENA AKANA, Petitioner/Appellant-Appellant, vs. HAWAI‘I STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Appellee-Appellee.
No. SCAP-22-0000601, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
UNITE HERE! LOCAL 5, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. PACREP LLC and PACREP 2 LLC; CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a municipal corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-16-0000444, Thursday, June 27, 2024, 2 p.m.
MAUI LANI NEIGHBORS, INC., a Hawai‘i Nonprofit Corporation, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I; STATE OF HAWAI‘I DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES; STATE OF HAWAI‘I BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES; DAWN N.S. CHANG, in her official capacity as Chair of the State of Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources; COUNTY OF MAUI; COUNTY OF MAUI PLANNING COMMISSION; COUNTY OF MAUI DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING; KATE L.K. BLYSTONE, in her official capacity as County of Maui Planning Director, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-22-0000482 (consolidated with SCAP-22-0000571 and SCAP-23-0000330), Thursday, June 27, 2024, 10 a.m.
This oral argument has been continued to a later date.
BRYAN GERALD, Appellant-Appellant, vs. EMPLOYMENT SECURITY APPEALS REFEREES’ OFFICE; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DIVISION; and HEALTH GO MARKET, INC., Appellees-Appellees. (SCAP-22-000482)
ADAM GRAY, Appellant-Appellee, vs. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DIVISION, Appellee-Appellant. (SCAP-22-0000571)
ADAM GRAY, Appellant-Appellant, vs. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DIVISION, Appellee-Appellee. (SCAP-23-0000330)
No. CAAP-24-0000074, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 3 p.m.
FRIENDS OF HA‘IKŪ STAIRS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation; DR. KATRENA KENNEDY, an individual; RANDALL KENNEDY, an individual; DONALD KAMALANI MAIWA PUA III, an individual; BILL SAGER, an individual; ERNEST SHIH, an individual; and RICHARD TUGGLE, an individual, Plaintiffs- Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendant-Appellee.
No. CAAP-23-0000409, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. KAMALEI WILBUR-DELIMA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-17-0000806, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 2 p.m.
PETER J. WINN and WESTMINSTER REALTY, INC., Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. WADE BRADY and KATHERINE T. BRADY, individually and as trustees of the WADE K. BRADY FAMILY TRUST; CONTEMPORARY KAMAʻAINA, LLC; WESTMINSTER REALTY, INC. as trustee of the 2806 KOLEPA PLACE TRUST DATED DECEMBER 14, 2010; ERIC L. KEILLOR; and ERIC S. HART, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and JAMES E. SPENCE and BEVERLY C. SPENCE, Petitioners/Intervenors-Appellees, and STEPHEN R. SPENCE and VALORIE A. SPENCE, Respondents/Intervenors-Appellees.
No. SCAP-23-0000310, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 10 a.m.
HILO BAY MARINA, LLC, and KEAUKAHA MINISTRY LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I; BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-18-0000099 (consolidated with SCWC-18-0000712), Thursday, June 20, 2024, 2 p.m.
WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, Doing Business as CHRISTIANA TRUST, Not in its Individual Capacity, But Solely as Trustee for BCAT 2015-14BTT, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ISABELO PACPACO DOMINGO and MICHELE ELANOR DOMINGO, Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and HALEWILI PLACE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-23-0000297, Thursday, June 20, 2024, 10 a.m.
GORDON M. ROBINSON; GORDON M. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KELLY K. ROBINSON; GORDON M. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KEOLA M. ROBINSON; JAMES CHARLES ROBINSON and LORRAINE OMPOY ROBINSON, Trustees of the JAMES CHARLES ROBINSON and LORRAINE OMPOY ROBINSON TRUST Dated December 20, 2007; JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for Rachel E. Robinson; JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KEALA C. ROBINSON, also known as Keala Calapini, also known as Keala Robinson; KEALA C. ROBINSON, also known as Keala Calapini, also known as Keala Robinson; JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KAWIKA J. ROBINSON; and JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for JEREMY C. ROBINSON, RACHEL E. ROBINSON, KAWIKA J. ROBINSON, JEREMY C. ROBINSON, KELLY K. ROBINSON, and KEOLA M. ROBINSON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. CATHLEN C. ZARKO; CHRISTOPHER P. ZARKO; DONELLE N. ZARKO; LISA K. ZARKO; and PATRICK C. ZARKO, Defendants-Appellants, and KYLE I. FORSYTHE; SHAWN K. FORSYTHE; SHANIN A. SADO; LAUREN E. FORSYTHE; GILES M. FORSYTHE; TANYA MARIE LOELANI ROBINSON AND WILLIAM ALBERT ROBINSON, Co-trustees Under the TANYA AND WILLIAM ROBINSON TRUST Dated November 27, 2006; AULANI M. DUSENBERRY; MALIA Y. BARROGA; GILES A.I. FORSYTHE AND ARNETTE FORSYTHE, Trustees Under the GILES A.I. FORSYTHE REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST Dated August 3, 2006; GILES A.I. FORSYTHE AND ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE, Trustees of the ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE REVOCABLE TRUST Dated August 3, 2006, Defendants-Appellees. ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE and GILES A.I. FORSYTHE, as Trustees of the ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE REVOCABLE TRUST Dated August 3, 2006; ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE AND GILES A.I. FORSYTHE, as Trustees of the GILES A.I. FORSYTHE REVOCABLE TRUST Dated August 3, 2006; SHAWN K. FORSYTHE; LAUREN E. FORSYTHE; GILES M. FORSYTHE; KYLE I. FORSYTHE; and SHANIN A. SADO, Counter-Claimants-Appellees, vs. GORDON M. ROBINSON; GORDON M. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KELLY K. ROBINSON; GORDON M. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KEOLA M. ROBINSON; JAMES CHARLES ROBINSON AND LORRAINE OMPOY ROBINSON, Trustees of the JAMES CHARLES ROBINSON AND LORRAINE OMPOY ROBINSON TRUST Dated December 20, 2007; JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for RACHEL E. ROBINSON; JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KEALA C. ROBINSON, also known as Keala Calapini, also known as Keala Robinson; KEALA C. ROBINSON, also known as Keala Calapini, also known as Keala Robinson; JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for KAWIKA J. ROBINSON; and JAMES C. ROBINSON, as Custodian Under the Hawai‘i Uniform Transfer to Minors Act for JEREMY C. ROBINSON, RACHEL E. ROBINSON, KAWIKA J. ROBINSON, KELLY K. ROBINSON, and KEOLA M. ROBINSON, Counter-Defendants-Appellees. ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE AND GILES A.I. FORSYTHE, as Trustees of the ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE REVOCABLE TRUST Dated August 3, 2006; ARNETTE R. FORSYTHE AND GILES A.I. FORSYTHE, as Trustees of the GILES A.I. FORSYTHE REVOCABLE TRUST Dated August 3, 2006; SHAWN K. FORSYTHE; LAUREN E. FORSYTHE; GILES M. FORSYTHE; KYLE I. FORSYTHE; and SHANIN A. SADO, Cross-Claimants-Appellees, vs. CATHLEEN C. ZARKO; CHRISTOPHER P. ZARKO; DONELLE N. ZARKO; LISA K. ZARKO; and PATRICK C. ZARKO, Cross-Defendants-Appellees, and TANYA MARIE LOELANI ROBINSON AND WILLIAM ALBERT ROBINSON, Co-trustees Under the TANYA AND WILLIAM ROBINSON TRUST Dated November 27, 2006; AULANI M. DUSENBERRY; and MALIA Y. BARROGA, Cross-Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCWC-23-0000013 , Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appelle, vs. OSCAR CARDONA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCCQ-23-0000515, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 10 a.m.
ALOHA PETROLEUM, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, and AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-22-0000371, Thursday, May 16, 2024, 2 p.m.
LINDA K. ROSEHILL, Trustee of the Linda K. Rosehill Revocable Trust dated August 29, 1989, as amended; MARK B. CHESEBRO and CAROLINE MITCHEL, Trustees of the First Amendment and Restatement of the 1999 Mark Brendan Chesebro and Caroline Mitchel Revocable Trust U/D/T dated January 6, 1999; SOMTIDA S. SALIM, Trustee of the Somtida Salim Living Trust dated February 15, 2007; TODD M. MOSES; PSALMS 133 LLC; JOHN T. FENTON, Trustee of the John T. Fenton Revocable Trust dated February 27, 2014; FRANCES T. FENTON, Trustee of the Frances T. Fenton Revocable Trust dated February 27, 2014; DIRK AND LAURA BELLAMY HAIN, Trustees of the Bellamy-Hain Family Trust dated September 13, 2017; PETER A. GUNAWAN; JANTI SUTEDJA; NEIL ALMSTEAD; DOYLE LAND PARTNERSHIP; CHARLES E. and NANCY E. ROSEBROOK; MICHAEL CORY and EUGENIA MASTON; PAUL T. and DELAYNE M. JENNINGS, Trustees of the Jennings Family Revocable Trust dated January 5, 2010; MAGGHOLM PROPERTIES LLC; NETTLETON S. and DIANE E. PAYNE, III, Appellants-Appellees, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I, LAND USE COMMISSION, Appellee-Appellant, and COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I, Appellee-Appellee.
No. SCWC-22-0000499, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ALEXANDER AQUINO, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-21-0000679, Friday, April 26, 2024, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CHARLES TUNG MING YUEN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-22-0000468, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JOHN SING, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and ABRAHAM SIONESINI, Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCAP-23-0000460, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10 a.m.
ALVIN F. JARDINE, III, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent-Appellee.
No. SCAP-22-0000699, Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 5 p.m.
HELG ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC, as Conservator for CURTIS POMAIKAI PANOKE, a.k.a. CURTIS P. PANOKE, a.k.a. CURTIS PANOKE, an Incapacitated Person; and KATARINA HOKULANI PANOKE GEC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, STATE OF HAWAI‘I; MARK A. FRIDOVICH, Ph.D.; WILLIAM P. SHEEHAN, M.D.; CHIYOME L. FUKINO, M.D.; LINDA ROSEN, M.D.; VIRGINIA PRESSLER, M.D., Defendants-Appellees, and GEO CARE, INC., GEO CARE, LLC, CORRECT CARE, LLC, CORRECT CARE SOLUTIONS, LLD dba THE COLUMBIA REGIONAL CARE CENTER, Defendants-Appellants.
No. SCWC-22-0000267, Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ZETH BROWDER, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCWC-22-0000129, Thursday, March 21, 2024, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. PATRICK H. OKI, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCAP-22-0000547, Thursday, February 15, 2024, 10 a.m.
RONNIE R. LLANES; SHARON L. LLANES; MICHAEL CODIE; and LAUREN C. CODIE, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; CHRIS EDWARD K. KAM; KRISTEN M. KAM; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; AKIKO MIYAZAKI, Individually and as Trustee of the Akiko Miyazaki Revocable Living Trust Dated September 7, 2017; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; and HIGHTECHLENDING, INC., Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-22-0000587 and SCAP-23-000139, Thursday, January 11, 2024, 2 p.m.
SCAP-22-0000587 In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of WEST MAUI RESORT PARTNERS, LP, Appellant-Appellant, vs. COUNTY OF MAUI, Appellee-Appellee.
SCAP-23-000139 In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of OCEAN RESORT VILLAS VACATION OWNERS ASSOCIATION, Appellant-Appellant, vs. COUNTY OF MAUI, Appellee-Appellee.
2023
No. SCAP-22-0000368, Thursday, December 14, 2023, 2 p.m.
SONIA DAVIS, JESSICA LAU, LAURALEE B. RIEDELL, and ADAM M. WALTON, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. RICHARD T. BISSEN, JR., County of Maui Office of the Mayor, SCOTT TERUYA, County of Maui Department of Finance, and COUNTY OF MAUI, Defendants-Appellants.
No. SCAP-22-0000268, Thursday, December 14, 2023, 10 a.m.
PUALANI KANAKA‘OLE KANAHELE; EDWARD HALEALOHA AYAU; KELI‘I W. IONE, JR., Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. STATE OF HAWAI‘I, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; JADE BUTAY, in his official capacity as Director of the Department of Transportation; DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES; SUZANNE CASE, in her official capacity as the Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources; DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS; HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION; WILLIAM J. AILĀ, JR., in his official capacity as the Director of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Chair of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; and PATRICIA A. KAHANOMOKU-TERUYA; RANDY K. AWO; PAULINE N. NAMU‘O, ZACHARY Z. HELM; DENNIS L. NEVES; MICHAEL L. KALEIKINI; RUSSELL K. KAUPU, and DAVID B. KA‘APU, in their official capacities as members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
No. CAAP-22-0000516 (Consolidated with CAAP-22-0000519), Wednesday, December 13, 2023, 10 a.m.
SIERRA CLUB, Appellant-Appellee/Appellee-Cross-Appellee, v. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Appellee-Appellee/ Appellee-Cross-Appellee, and COUNTY OF MAUI, Appellee-Appellee/Appellee-Cross-Appellant, and ALEXANDER AND BALDWIN, INC., Appellee-Appellant/Appellee-Cross-Appellee, and EAST MAUI IRRIGATION COMPANY, LLC, Appellee-Appellant/ Appellee-Cross-Appellee.
No. SCAP-22-0000557, Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 2:30 p.m.
WILLIE KAUPIKO; KA‘IMI KAUPIKO; MIKE NAKACHI; FOR THE FISHES; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; and KAI PALAOA, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, vs. BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAI‘I; and DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAI‘I; Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and PET INDUSTRY JOINT ADVISORY COUNCIL, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee/Cross-Appellee.
No. SCOT-21-0000581, Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 10 a.m.
SURFACE WATER USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS, INTEGRATION OF APPURTENANT RIGHTS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERIM STREAM FLOW STANDARDS, NĀ WAI ʻEHĀ SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT AREAS OF WAIHEʻE RIVER, WAIEHU STREAM, WAILUKU RIVER PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS ʻĪAO STREAM AND WAIKAPŪ STREAM, MAUI. (Case Number CCH-MA 15-01)
No. SCAP-22-0000552, Thursday, November 16, 2023, 2 p.m.
STEPHEN P. H. WONG, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF HARBOR SQUARE, by and through its Board of Directors, Defendant-Appellee/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, and PORTER McGUIRE KIAKONA, LLP, fka Porter Tom Quitiquit Chee & Watts, and EKIMOTO & MORRIS, ALLLC, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-23-0000063, Thursday, November 16, 2023, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, vs. ALVIN TRAN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
No. SCWC-17-0000847, Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2 p.m.
ROSALINDA GANIR SAPLAN and RECTO RAMOS SAPLAN, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BAFC 2007-A, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-21-0000478, Thursday, September 21, 2023, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. KUMULIPO IWA COYOTE SYLVA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCAP-23-0000011, Thursday, September 14, 2023, 2 p.m.
In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of SCHUYLER E. COLE and MARILYN J. COLE, Taxpayers-Appellants.
No. SCRQ-22-0000716, Thursday, September 7, 2023, 10 a.m.
HYUN JU PARK, Plaintiff, and DONGBU INSURANCE CO., LTD., Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, vs. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, Defendant-Appellee, and STERLING NAKI and JOSHUA OMOSO, Defendants.
No. SCWC-21-0000530, Thursday, August 24, 2023, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MICHAEL PICKELL, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCPW-23-0000471, Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 2 p.m.
BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Petitioner, vs. THE HONORABLE JEFFREY P. CRABTREE, Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai‘i, Respondent Judge, and SIERRA CLUB; ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.; EAST MAUI IRRIGATION COMPANY, LLC; and COUNTY OF MAUI, Respondents.
No. SCAP-22-0000429, Thursday, August 17, 2023, 10 a.m.
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU and HONOLULU BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. SUNOCO LP; ALOHA PETROLEUM, LTD.; ALOHA PETROLEUM, LLC; EXXON MOBIL OIL CORPORATION; ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC; SHELL OIL COMPANY; SHELL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC; CHEVRON CORP.; CHEVRON USA, INC.; BHP HAWAII, INC.; BP PLC; BP AMERICA, INC.; MARATHON PETROLEUM, CORP.; CONOCOPHILLIPS; CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY; PHILLIPS 66; PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY, Defendants-Appellants, and BHP GROUP LIMITED and BHP GROUP PLC, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-22-0000561, Thursday, July 6, 2023, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. CHRISTOPHER L. WILSON, Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCCQ-22-0000658, Thursday, July 6, 2023, 2 p.m.
ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY; THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA; THE PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY; and TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY OF AMERICA, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. BODELL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; SUNSTONE REALTY PARTNERS X, LLC; and STEADFAST INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCPW-23-0000076, Thursday, June 29, 2023, 10 a.m.
WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP; SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.; and COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, Petitioners, vs. THE HONORABLE ROBERT D.S. KIM, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent Judge, and MARVIN MANIOUS; VALERIE MANIOUS; R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.; LIGGETT GROUP LLC; GREENSPOON MARDER LLP; FOODLAND SUPER MARKET, LIMITED; J. HARA STORE, INC.; and WALMART INC., Respondents.
No. SCAP-22-0000335, Thursday, June 29, 2023, 2 p.m.
(Consolidated with SCAP-22-0000336, SCAP-22-0000337, SCAP-22-0000338, SCAP-22-0000340, SCAP-22-0000341, SCAP-22-0000343, SCAP-22-0000344, SCAP-22-0000345, and SCAP-22-0000352)
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, acting by and through the HONOLULU AUTHORITY FOR RAPID TRANSPORTATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. VICTORIA WARD, LIMITED, a Delaware Corporation; 988 HALEKAUWILA, LLC; 1001 QUEEN, LLC; 1118 ALA MOANA, LLC; 1108 AUAHI LLC; 1100 ALA MOANA, LLC; 1240 ALA MOANA LLC, THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION; VICTORIA WARD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, LLC; ASSOCIATION OF UNIT OWNERS OF 1001 QUEEN; ASSOCIATION OF UNIT OWNERS OF AALII; ASSOCIATION OF UNIT OWNERS OF 988 HALEKAUWILA; WARD VILLAGE OWNERS ASSOCIATION; AND AALII, LLC, Defendants-Appellants.
No. SCWC-20-0000320, Thursday, June 22, 2023, 10 a.m.
ARYN NAKAOKA and DARCIE NAKAOKA, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. EUGENE SHIZURU and CAROLE SHIZURU; DANIEL T.M. CHOY, individually and dba CORINTHIANS REALTY; and LYNIEL CHOY, individually and dba RAINBOW REALTY INTERNATIONAL, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCAP-21-0000701, Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 10 a.m.
THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS; and THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. LESLIE H. KONDO, in his official capacity as State Auditor, STATE OF HAWAIʻI OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR, Defendants-Appellants.
No. SCWC-21-0000364 Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. TROY D. BORGE, JR., Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCOT-22-0000418, Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 5 p.m.
In the Matter of the Application of HAWAIʻI ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. For Approval of a Power Purchase Agreement for Renewable Dispatchable Firm Energy and Capacity.
No. SCAP-22-0000029, Thursday, January 19, 2023, 10 a.m.
ACADEMIC LABOR UNITED, an unincorporated association; ASHLEY HIʻILANI SANCHEZ; KAWENAʻULAOKALĀ KAPAHUA; and CAMERON GRIMM, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI; HAWAIʻI LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; and STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Defendants-Appellees.
No. SCEC-22-0000707, Thursday, January 19, 2023, 2:00 p.m.
J. NOELANI AHIA, SHAYNE NAMEAAEA HOSHINO, KACI-CHEREE DIZON, SHAWN-CHRISTIAN DIZON, CODY NEMET, FAY MCFARLANE, NORRIS MCFARLANE, JADE CHIHARA, KEVIN BLOCK, OLIVIA NGUYEN, TRINETTE FURTADO, KEISA LIU, CAROL LEE KAMEKONA, EMILIE VINCENT, LAURA JOHNSON, HARRY JOHNSON, SARA TEKULA, RENA BLUMBERG, MAYA MARQUEZ, JASON MEDINA, STACEY MONIZ, CHRISTY KAHOOHANOHANO, REAGAN KAHOOHANOHANO, ZION EBBERSON, RAUL GOODNESS, TERRILL JAMES KANE ALII WILIAMS, LORI SIERRA KNIGHT, GRETCHEN LEISENRING, JONATH PADILLA, ALENA ORNELLAS, and SANDRA IMBERI IOAKIMI, Plaintiffs, vs. ALICE L. LEE, KATHY L. KAOHU, County Clerk, County of Maui, and SCOTT T. NAGO, Chief Elections Office, State of Hawaiʻi, Defendants.
No. SCWC-20-0000457, Thursday, January 12, 2023, 2 p.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. LOGOVII TALO, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. CAAP-21-0000517 (Consolidated with CAAP-21-0000513), Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 10 a.m.
EDMOND KRAFCHOW, KATHLEEN KRAFCHOW, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. DONGBU INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD., nka DB INSURANCE CO., LTD., JOHN MULLEN & CO., INC., Defendants-Appellants, and John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10, Doe Entities 1-10, Defendants.
2022
No. SCAP-21-0000363, Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, EX REL. HOLLY T. SHIKADA, ATTORNEY GENERAL, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY; SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC; SANOFI US SERVICES INC., formerly known as SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. INC.; SANOFI-SYNTHELABO LLC, Defendants-Appellants; and SANOFI S.A., Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCAP-22-0000045, Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 2 p. m.
State of Hawai’i, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. RAVEN MORTENSEN-YOUNG, LANCE M. OSHIMA, MARLIN TUCKER, and RYAN D. WOOD, Defendants-Appellees.
(Courts in the Community)
No. SCWC-17-0000181 Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 10 a.m.
HOʻOMOANA FOUNDATION, Respondent/Respondent/Appellant-Appellee, vs. LAND USE COMMISSION, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Petitioner/Appellee-Appellant, and PUʻUNOA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; AND ROSS R. SCOTT, Petitioners/Respondents/Appellees-Appellees.
No. SCWC-19-0000697, Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAI`I, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. PAOLA IBARRA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and GUSTAVO FERREIRA, Respondent/Co-Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-20-0000175, Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 2 p. m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BRANDON FETU LAFOGA and RANIER INES, also known as Schizo, Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants.
No. SCRQ-22-0000118, Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 10 a.m.
FLORES-CASE ʻOHANA, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI, Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-21-0000098, Thursday, October 20, 2022, 10 a.m.
PHILLIP J. BARKER, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, ADMINISTRATOR, Hawaiʻi CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CENTER, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-20-0000650, Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. STANLEY CANOSA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCOT-19-0000830, Thursday, September 22, 2022, 10 a.m.
In the Matter of the Petition of KUʻULEI HIGASHI KANAHELE and AHIENA KANAHELE, Individuals, for a Declaratory Order Concerning the Invalid Classification of the De Facto and Improper Industrial Use Precinct on Approximately 525 Acres of State Land Use Conservation District Lands Located in Mauna Kea and Hilo, County of Hawaiʻi, Tax Map Key No.: 4-4-015:0090 (Por.)
No. SCWC-20-0000776, Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 2 p.m.
CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, by the DEPARTMENT OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Petitioner/Appellant-Appellant, vs. HONOLULU POLICE COMMISSION and LOUIS M. KEALOHA, Respondents/Appellees-Appellees.
No. SCWC-20-0000485, Thursday, September 1, 2022, 10 a.m.
In the Interest of DM.
No. SCWC-17-0000432, Thursday, August 25, 2022, 2022, 10 a.m.
FREDERICK NITTA, M.D., Respondent/Appellant-Appellant, vs. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Petitioner/Appellee-Appellee, and CATHY BETTS, DIRECTOR, Respondent/Appellee-Appellee.
No. SCWC-17-0000496, Thursday, August 25, 2022, 2 p.m.
JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ELTON LANE NAMAHOE, SR., Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-21-0000283 consolidated with No. SCWC-21-0000316, Thursday, August 18, 2022 – 10 a.m
No. SCWC-21-0000283, In the Interest of JB., No. SCWC-21-0000316, In the Interest of JH.
No. SCWC-20-0000714, Thursday, June 30, 2022, 10 a.m. (Amended 04/27/22)
STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. GEORGE VAN BLYENBURG, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCAP-21-0000576 Wednesday, June 8, 2022, 10 a.m. (Courts in the Community)
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. RICHARD OBRERO, Defendant-Appellant.
CAAP-17-0000072, Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 10 a.m.
AARON ARBLES, ROBERT BAILEY, REUBEN CHUN, MICHAEL GAHAN, MICHAEL HAYASHIDA, GARRET KOMATSU, GERALD KOSAKI, STEVE LOYOLA, JERRY LUM, TY MEDEIROS, PAUL PAIVA, RAYMOND ROWE, JR., WARREN SUMIDA, and ALVIN TOBOSA, Appellants-Appellants, vs. MERIT APPEALS BOARD, County of Hawaiʻi, MITCH ROTH, Mayor County of Hawaiʻi, and WAYLEN L.K. LEOPOLDINO, Acting Director of Human Resources, County of Hawaiʻi, Appellees-Appellees.
No. SCWC-20-0000689, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CHANSE HIRATA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
CAAP-20-0000650 (Consolidated with CAAP-20-0000438 and CAAP-20-0000506, Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 9:00 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. STANLEY CANOSA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCAP-20-0000487, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 5 p.m.
KIAʻI WAI O WAIʻALEʻALE, an unincorporated community association, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. DEPARTMENT OF WATER, COUNTY OF KAUAʻI, applicant and accepting agency of the subject Environmental Assessment, Defendant-Appellee.
No. SCWC-20-0000481, Thursday, March 17, 2022, 10 a.m.
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JONATHAN S. VADEN, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant.
No. SCPW-22-0000078, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 2 p.m.
WILLIAM M. HICKS; RALPH BOYEA; MADGE SCHAEFER; MICHAELA IKEUCHI; KIMEONA KANE; MAKI MORINOUE; ROBERTA MAYOR; DEBORAH WARD; JENNIFER LIENHART-TSUJI; LARRY S. VERAY; and PHILIP BARNES, Petitioners, vs. THE 2021 HAWAIʻI REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION AND ITS MEMBERS; THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI OFFICE OF ELECTIONS; and SCOTT NAGO, in his official capacity as Chief Elections Officer, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondents.
CAAP-21-0000024, Wednesday, January 26,2022, 10 a.m.
FOR OUR RIGHTS, a Hawaii corporation, DIANA LOMMA, DAVID R. HAMMAN, RANDI HAMMAN,JANET EISENBACH, LEVANA LOMMA KEIKAIKA, LAWRENCE K. PAILLE, GERALYN SCHULKIND, LEONDARD SHULKIND, DANIEL HASHIMOTO, CHRISTINA COLE, FRANCESCA WOOLGER, NAEA LINDSEY, MICHAEL MAZZONE, LANETTE J. HARLEY, and LORAINE L. PATCH, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. DAVID Y. IGE, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi, HOLLY T.M. SHIKADA, in her official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Hawaiʻi, and STATE OF HAWAII, Defendants-Appellees.