HAWAI`I APPELLATE COURT

OPINIONS AND ORDERS

MAY

2007

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This site includes (1) court opinions designated for publication in West’s Hawai`i Reports and West’s Pacific Reporter, (2) memorandum opinions, (3) summary disposition orders, and (4) other final orders that dispose of appeals or original proceedings decided by the Hawai'i Supreme Court and the Hawai'i Intermediate Court of  Appeals (ICA).

 

This opinion page contains all final dispositions from the Hawai>i Supreme Court and the Hawai>i Intermediate Court of Appeals that are not confidential.  AFor Publication@ means the disposition is to be published in West=s Hawai>i Reports and West=s Pacific Reporter and may be cited as precedent under Rule 35 of the Hawai>i Rules of Appellate Procedure.  ANot for Publication@ means the disposition will not be published in the West reporters and has limited precedential value.

 

Opinions or orders are generally subjected to reconsideration under Rule 40 of the Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP). Final ICA opinions or orders are subject to review by application for writ of certiorari under HRS § 602-59 and HRAP Rule 40.1.

 

The documents on this site are "as filed." The documents have not been enhanced or edited for publication. A document will not be removed from the web site except upon court order.

 

Alert: These electronic opinions may contain computer-generated errors or other deviations from the official slip opinion filed in the Office of the Chief Clerk, Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i. The opinion is eventually published in a West's Hawai'i Reports bound volume. In case of discrepancies, the opinion as filed in the Clerk's Office controls

DATE

Ct.

CASE#

CASE NAME

APPEALED FROM

REPORTER CITATION

05/01/2007

S.Ct.

27554 [pdf]

State v. Manewa (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 12/20/2006 [pdf], 113 Haw. 58.  S.Ct. Order Granting Motion for Postponement of Oral Argument, filed 06/08/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Denying Second Motion for Postponement of Oral Argument and Cancelling Oral Argument, filed 08/07/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 09/12/2007 [pdf], 115 Haw. 343.  Concurring Opinion by J. Levinson, with whom C.J. Moon joins [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/02/2007

S.Ct.

26973 [pdf]

Silk v. State (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 01/05/2007 [pdf], 113 Haw. 160.  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Certiorari Proceeding, filed 05/31/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/02/2007

ICA

27926 [pdf]

State v. Freitas (s.d.o., reversed).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 75

05/03/2007

ICA

27765 [pdf]

Tsuji v. Tsuji (Order Denying Defendant-Appellant Ada Tsuji’s Motion for Reconsideration of Memorandum Opinion).  ICA mem.op., filed 04/18/2007 [pdf], 115 Haw. 147.

Family Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/04/2007

S.Ct.

 

February 2006 Examination for Admission to the Bar of the State of Hawai`i [pdf].

 

 

05/04/2007

ICA

27313 [pdf]

Stomber v. Stomber (Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Defendant-Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration and Amending the April 17, 2007 Order Dismissing Appeal).  ICA Order Dismissing Appeal, filed 04/17/2007 [pdf].

Family Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/04/2007

ICA

27715 [pdf]

Sher v. Cella (Order Denying Appellees’ Motion for Reconsideration of the Opinion filed April 11, 2007).  ICA Opinion, filed 04/11/2007 [pdf], 114 Haw. 263.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/09/2007 [pdf], 119 Haw. 287.

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

114 Haw. 181

05/04/2007

ICA

27971 [pdf]

Lee v. Unciano (Order Denying Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration of April 25, 2007 Order Granting Motion for Temporary Remand).  ICA s.d.o., vacated in part, remanded in part and affirmed, filed 06/26/2008 [pdf], 118 Haw. 318.  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 10/23/2008 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/04/2007

ICA

28245 [pdf]

Silva v. Kuamoo (Order Granting Appellee Jeff John Silva’s Motion to Dismiss Appeal of Defendant-Appellant Aileen M. Kuamoo).  ICA s.d.o., filed 04/30/2009 [pdf], 120 Haw. 386.  ICA Order Denying Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/14/2009 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit

 

05/07/2007

S.Ct.

25344 

Hawaii Ventures, LLC v. Otaka, Inc.  Consolidated with No. 26820.  S.Ct. Order Granting Intervenor-Defendant and Counterclaimant Theodore H. Smyth’s Motion for Order Dismissing Notice of Cross-Appeal as Premature, filed 07/07/2003 [pdf].  S.Ct Order of Amendment, filed 05/09/2007 [pdf].  New Amended Opinion, filed 05/09/2007 [pdf], 114 Haw. 438.  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/05/2007 [pdf], 114 Haw. 226.  S.Ct. Opinion (Request for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs), filed 09/26/2007.  S.Ct. Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/23/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 145.   Amended S.Ct. Opinion Request for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs, filed 11/23/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 465.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/07/2007

S.Ct.

27144 [pdf]

State v. Stanley (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of April 10, 2007 Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 10/24/2006 [pdf], 112 Haw. 148.  ICA Order Denying Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration of Summary Disposition Order, filed 12/06/2006 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/10/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/08/2007

ICA

26696 [pdf]

State v. Grindling (ICA Order Approving in Part and Denying in Part Attorney’s Fees Request and Approving Compensation for Necessary Expenses).  ICA s.d.o., filed 02/23/2007 [pdf], 113 Haw. 371.

District Court, 2nd Circuit

 

05/09/2007

S.Ct.

25344  [pdf]

Hawaii Ventures, LLC v. Otaka, Inc. (Order of Amendment).  Consolidated with No. 26820.  S.Ct. Order Granting Intervenor-Defendant and Counterclaimant Theodore H. Smyth’s Motion for Order Dismissing Notice of Cross-Appeal as Premature, filed 07/07/2003 [pdf].  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 05/07/2007.  New Amended Opinion, filed 05/09/2007 [pdf], 114 Haw. 438.  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/05/2007 [pdf], 114 Haw. 226.  S.Ct. Opinion (Request for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs), filed 09/26/2007.  S.Ct. Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/23/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 145.   Amended S.Ct. Opinion Request for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs, filed 11/23/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 465.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/09/2007

S.Ct.

25344  [pdf]

Hawaii Ventures, LLC v. Otaka, Inc. (New Amended Opinion).  Consolidated with No. 26820.  S.Ct. Order Granting Intervenor-Defendant and Counterclaimant Theodore H. Smyth’s Motion for Order Dismissing Notice of Cross-Appeal as Premature, filed 07/07/2003 [pdf]. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 05/07/2007.  S.Ct Order of Amendment, filed 05/09/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/05/2007 [pdf], 114 Haw. 226.  S.Ct. Opinion (Request for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs), filed 09/26/2007.  S.Ct. Order Granting Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/23/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 145.   Amended S.Ct. Opinion Request for Reimbursement of Fees and Costs, filed 11/23/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 465.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 438

05/09/2007

ICA

28416 [pdf]

Public Utilities Commission v. Gomes School Bus Service, Ltd. (Order Dismissing Appeal).  ICA Order Granting the May 21, 2007 Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/31/2007 [pdf].  ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, filed 09/19/2007 [pdf]. 

Public Utilities Commission

 

05/10/2007

ICA

27011 [pdf]

State v. Cambra (s.d.o., affirmed).

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/14/2007

S.Ct.

27825 [pdf]

Blaisdell v. State (Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari filed April 26, 2007).  ICA s.d.o., filed 01/05/2007 [pdf], 113 Haw. 160.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/26/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/15/2007

S.Ct.

26657 [pdf]

State v. Maugaotega (Notice Regarding Reopening of Appeal No. 26657 and Order to Transmit Trial Records to the Hawaii Supreme Court).  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 06/29/2005 [pdf], 107 Haw. 399.  Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba, with whom J. Duffy joins [pdf]. By a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the judgment, and remanded the case to the Hawaii Supreme Court, filed 02/20/2007.  S.Ct. Opinion filed 10/01/2007 [pdf], 115 Haw. 432.  Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba, with whom J. Duffy joins [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/16/2007

ICA

27235 [pdf]

Jones v. Iamwong (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA mem.op., filed 04/30/2007 [pdf], 115 Haw. 147.  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, without Prejudice, filed 06/04/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/16/2007

ICA

27960 [pdf]

Pollock v. Pollock (s.d.o., affirmed).

Family Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/16/2007

ICA

28420 [pdf]

Kailua Local  Cab, Inc. v. AJA Motors Corp. (Order Dismissing Appeal)

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/16/2007

ICA

28423 [pdf]

Lansing v. Jenko-Crispin (Order Dismissing Appeal).  ICA Order Denying May 21, 2007 Motion for Reconsideration, filed 05/30/2007 [pdf].  ICA Order Denying May 30, 2007 “Plea to Reinstate Appeal”, filed 06/01/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/16/2007

S.Ct.

28536 [pdf]

Regan v. State (Order).

Original Proceeding

 

05/17/2007

ICA

26370 [pdf]

Kuamoo v. State, Department of Agriculture (Order Denying Claimant-Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA s.d.o., filed 04/11/2007 [pdf], filed 113 Haw. 507.  ICA Order Denying Claimant-Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 06/07/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Notices of Appeal and Permitting Petitioner/Claimant-Appellant to File an Appropriate Application for Writ of Certiorari in Accordance with Hawai‘i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 40.1, filed 06/22/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 08/28/2007 [pdf].

Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board

 

05/17/2007

ICA

26634 [pdf]

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. v. De Rego (s.d.o., affirmed).

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/17/2007

S.Ct.

26746 [pdf]

State v. Cambra (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA mem.op., filed 10/25/2006 [pdf], 112 Haw. 372. S.Ct. Order, filed 01/24/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/20/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. mem.op., filed 04/18/2007 [pdf], 115 Haw. 146.

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

 

05/17/2007

ICA

28027 [pdf]

State v. Kahle (s.d.o., affirmed).

District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku Division

114 Haw. 182

05/17/2007

ICA

28284 [pdf]

M.KL. Kipaipai Holdings v. Cheungson (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/17/2007

ICA

28414 [pdf]

Deparini v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal).

Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit

 

05/18/2007

S.Ct.

26568 [pdf]

In re United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO v. Shimizu (s.d.o., dismissed).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 183

05/18/2007

ICA

27153 [pdf]

State v. Park (mem.op., vacated and remanded).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

116 Haw. 71

05/18/2007

S.Ct.

27259 [pdf]

State v. Deryke (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  J. Acoba dissenting [pdf].  ICA Opinion, filed 12/08/2006 [pdf], 113 Haw. 120.  Dissenting Opinion by J. Foley [pdf].  ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/27/2006 [pdf], 113 Haw. 208.  J. Foley would grant reconsideration.

District Court, 1st Circuit, Kaneohe Division

114 Haw. 161

05/18/2007

S.Ct.

27504 [pdf]

Abejon v. State (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 03/09/2007 [pdf], 113 Haw. 405.  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari without Prejudice, filed 04/10/2007 [pdf]. 

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/21/2007

ICA

27589 [pdf]

Ellis v. Ellis (s.d.o., affirmed).

Family Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/21/2007

ICA

27634 [pdf]

State v. Soma (s.d.o., affirmed).  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/18/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Affirming in Part and Reversing in Part, the Judgment of the Intermediate Court of Appeals entered on July 3, 2007, filed 10/19/2007 [pdf].  Concurrence and Dissent by J. Acoba, with whom J. Duffy joins [pdf].  S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 12/03/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/22/2007

S.Ct.

26968 [pdf]

State v. Kaheaku (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 12/08/2006 [pdf], 113 Haw. 58.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/22/2007

S.Ct.

27533 [pdf]

State v. Rivers (Order Granting Motion for Postponement of Oral Argument).  ICA s.d.o., filed 12/29/2006 [pdf], 113 Haw. 160.  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/10/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Affirming Judgment on Appeal, filed 09/04/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of Order Affirming Judgment on Appeal, filed 09/20/2007 [pdf].

Family Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/24/2007

ICA

27723 [pdf]

State v. Latu (s.d.o., affirmed).  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/05/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 2nd  Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/24/2007

ICA

28021 [pdf]

In re J.T. (s.d.o., affirmed).  S.Ct. Order Denying without Prejudice Request for Attorney’s Fees and Compensation for Necessary Expenses, filed 09/04/2007 [pdf].

Family Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/24/2007

ICA

28428 [pdf]

Goodman v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. (Order Dismissing Appeal).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/25/2007

ICA

26842 [pdf]

State v. Lee (s.d.o., affirmed).  ICA Order of Correction, filed 07/17/2007 [pdf].

Family Court, 3rd Circuit

114 Haw. 182

05/29/2007

S.Ct.

27025 [pdf]

Coulter v. State (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 01/05/07 [pdf], 113 Haw. 160.  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 11/30/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 181.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/29/2007

ICA

28280 [pdf]

State v. Kong (Order re: Amended Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/29/2007

ICA

28318 [pdf]

Grandinetti v. Corrections Corporation of America (Order Denying the May 18, 2007 Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA Order Dismissing Appeal, filed 04/27/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/19/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/30/2007

ICA

27812 [pdf]

Prell v. Silverstein.

Family Court, 3rd Circuit

114 Haw. 286

05/30/2007

ICA

28153 [pdf]

State v. Pinho (Order Dismissing Appeal).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/30/2007

ICA

28194 [pdf]

State v. Grandinetti (Order Dismissing Appeal).  ICA Order Denying Defendant’s HRAP Rule 40 Motion and Briefing Under the 10-Day Rule, and Reinstatement of Appeal, filed 07/12/2007 [pdf].

Circuit  Court, 3rd Circuit

 

05/30/2007

ICA

28213 [pdf]

Luber v. Mansfield (Order Dismissing Appeal).

District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Div.

 

05/30/2007

ICA

28348 [pdf]

Laeda v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal).

Circuit Court. 3rd Circuit

 

05/30/2007

ICA

28423 [pdf]

Lansing v. Jenko-Crispin (Order Denying May 21, 2007 Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA Order Dismissing Appeal, filed 05/16/2007 [pdf].  ICA Order Denying May 30, 2007 “Plea to Reinstate Appeal”, filed 06/01/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/31/2007

S.Ct.

26463 [pdf]

Stucky v. Brown (s.d.o., affirmed).  Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba [pdf].  ICA s.d.o., filed 11/13/2006 [pdf], 112 Haw. 373.  ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/30/2006 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/10/2007 [pdf]. 

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

114 Haw. 183

05/31/2007

S.Ct.

26973 [pdf]

Silk v. State (Order Dismissing Certiorari Proceeding).  ICA s.d.o., filed 01/05/2007 [pdf], 113 Haw. 160.  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/02/2007 [pdf].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

 

05/31/2007

S.Ct.

27264 [pdf]

Citizens Against Reckless Development v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City and County of Honolulu.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 184

05/31/2007

ICA

27303 [pdf]

State v. Mariano.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/29/2007 [pdf], 116 Haw. 2.

Family Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 271

05/31/2007

ICA

27354 [pdf]

State v. Espiritu (s.d.o., affirmed).  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/13/2007 [pdf].  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 01/28/2008 [pdf], 117 Haw. 127.  Dissenting Opinion by J. Nakayama [pdf].

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

114 Haw. 283

05/31/0007

ICA

27651 [pdf]

Barnett v. State (s.d.o., affirmed).

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit

114 Haw. 283

05/31/2007

ICA

27826 [pdf]

State v. Sun (s.d.o., affirmed).

District Court, 1st Circuit, Honolulu Div.

114 Haw. 283

05/31/2007

ICA

28063 [pdf]

State v. Miles (s.d.o., affirmed).

District Court, 1st Circuit

114 Haw. 283

05/31/2007

ICA

28416 [pdf]

Public Utilities Commission v. Gomes School Bus Service, Ltd. (Order Granting the May 21, 2007 Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA Order Dismissing Appeal, filed 05/09/2007 [pdf].  ICA Order Granting Motion to Dismiss, filed 09/19/2007 [pdf].

Public Utilities Commission