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).
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Court of the State of
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DATE |
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CASE# |
CASE NAME |
APPEALED FROM |
REPORTER
CITATION |
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05/01/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/02/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/02/2007 |
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State
v. Freitas (s.d.o., reversed). |
Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
114 Haw. 75 |
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05/03/2007 |
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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 |
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05/04/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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February 2006 Examination
for Admission to the Bar of the State of |
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05/04/2007 |
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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].
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Family Court, 1st
Circuit |
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05/04/2007 |
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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 |
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05/04/2007 |
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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 |
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05/04/2007 |
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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 |
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05/07/2007 |
S.Ct. |
25344 |
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Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
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05/07/2007 |
S.Ct. |
State v. |
Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
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05/08/2007 |
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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 |
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05/09/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
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05/09/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
114 Haw. 438 |
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05/09/2007 |
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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 |
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05/10/2007 |
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State
v. Cambra (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd
Circuit |
114 Haw. 182 |
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05/14/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/15/2007 |
S.Ct. |
State v. Maugaotega
(Notice Regarding Reopening of Appeal No. 26657 and Order to Transmit Trial
Records to the |
Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
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05/16/2007 |
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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 |
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05/16/2007 |
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Pollock
v. Pollock (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st Circuit |
114 Haw. 182 |
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05/16/2007 |
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Kailua
Local Cab, Inc. v. AJA Motors Corp.
(Order Dismissing Appeal) |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/16/2007 |
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Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/16/2007 |
S.Ct. |
Regan
v. State (Order). |
Original Proceeding |
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05/17/2007 |
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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 |
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05/17/2007 |
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Wells
Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. v. De Rego (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit |
114 Haw. 182 |
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05/17/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/17/2007 |
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State
v. Kahle (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 2nd Circuit, Wailuku
Division |
114 Haw. 182 |
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05/17/2007 |
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M.KL.
Kipaipai Holdings v. Cheungson (Order Granting Motion to Dismiss Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/17/2007 |
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Deparini
v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit |
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05/18/2007 |
S.Ct. |
In
re United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO v. |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
114 Haw. 183 |
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05/18/2007 |
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State
v. Park (mem.op., vacated and remanded). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
116 Haw. 71 |
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05/18/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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, |
114 Haw. 161 |
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05/18/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/21/2007 |
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Ellis
v. Ellis (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Family Court, 1st
Circuit |
114 Haw. 182 |
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05/21/2007 |
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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 |
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05/22/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/22/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/24/2007 |
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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 |
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05/24/2007 |
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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 |
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05/24/2007 |
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Goodman
v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st
Circuit |
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05/25/2007 |
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State
v. Lee (s.d.o., affirmed). ICA Order
of Correction, filed 07/17/2007 [pdf]. |
Family Court, 3rd
Circuit |
114 Haw. 182 |
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05/29/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/29/2007 |
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State
v. Kong (Order re: Amended Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/29/2007 |
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Grandinetti
v. Corrections Corporation of |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/30/2007 |
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Prell
v. Silverstein. |
Family Court, 3rd Circuit |
114 Haw. 286 |
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05/30/2007 |
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State
v. Pinho (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/30/2007 |
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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 |
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05/30/2007 |
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Luber
v. |
District Court, 1st Circuit, |
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05/30/2007 |
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Laeda
v. State (Order Dismissing Appeal). |
Circuit Court. 3rd Circuit |
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05/30/2007 |
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Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
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05/31/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/31/2007 |
S.Ct. |
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 |
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05/31/2007 |
S.Ct. |
Citizens
Against Reckless Development v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City and |
Circuit Court, 1st Circuit |
114 Haw. 184 |
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05/31/2007 |
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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 |
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05/31/2007 |
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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 |
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05/31/0007 |
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Barnett
v. State (s.d.o., affirmed). |
Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit |
114 Haw. 283 |
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05/31/2007 |
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State
v. Sun (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 1st Circuit, |
114 Haw. 283 |
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05/31/2007 |
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State
v. Miles (s.d.o., affirmed). |
District Court, 1st Circuit |
114 Haw. 283 |
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05/31/2007 |
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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 |
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