Supreme Court of Hawaii Decisions 2013

State v. McKnight  
Date: December 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28901

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with electronic enticement in the first degree (Count 1) and promoting child abuse in the third degree (Count 2). The charges were severed. The State then proceeded to trial on Count 1 and appealed…

Minton v. Quintal
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000317
State v. Codiamat  
Date: December 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000540

Justia Opinion Summary: The State charged Defendant with harassment. Before trial commenced, the district court granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that disjunctive wording in the complaint made it difficult to…

Allure Waikiki Marketing, LLC v. State
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0004393
Fleming v. State
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0005780
State v. Kaeo
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000007
State v. Bailey  
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000396

Justia Opinion Summary: The State indicted Petitioner on kidnapping and assault in the second degree. A jury found Petitioner guilty of kidnapping and of the lesser included offense of assault in the third degree. Petitioner filed a motion for…

Blaisdell v. Department of Public Safety
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0002488
C. Brewer and Compamy, Ltd. v. Industrial Indemnity Company
Date: December 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28958
Sierra Club v. Castle & Cooke Homes Haw., Inc.  
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000625

Justia Opinion Summary: In April 2010, the State Senate expressly rejected Duane Kanuha's nomination for a second term as a commissioner on the State Land Use Commission (LUC). Following the Senate's rejection, Kanuha continued to serve on the…

Simmons v. Aqua Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
Date: December 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000836
State v. Tavares
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000392
State v. Santiago  
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001078

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of robbery in the first degree and assault in the first degree. The Supreme Court reversed Petitioner's conviction of first degree assault but affirmed his conviction of…

State v. Boots
Date: December 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30128
Oyadomari v. State
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCOT-13-0005824
Blake v. County of Kauai Planning Comm'n  
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000342

Justia Opinion Summary: The County of Kauai Planning Commission approved a subdivision application for a Trust's development of land in Koloa, Kauai. During the Commission's consideration of the application, the parties assumed that a historic…

State v. Tavares
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000392
State v. Davis
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000074
Goo v. Arakawa
Date: December 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30142
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Oldenburg
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0001098
State v. Basnet  
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000762

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with committing the offense of abuse of family or household members (AFHM). Defense counsel moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing (1) the family circuit court lacked jurisdiction because Defendant…

Pacific Lightnet, Inc. v. Time Warner Telecom, Inc.  
Date: December 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28948

Justia Opinion Summary: Pacific Lightnet, Inc. (PLNI) brought claims against Time Warner, asserting that it had been wrongfully billed by Time Warner for services that it had never received and that it was owed credits to its account from Time…

Ass'n of Condo. Homeowners of Tropics at Waikele v. Sakuma  
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000870

Justia Opinion Summary: A homeowners association commenced a judicial foreclosure on Defendant's condominium unit after Defendant failed to pay her association fees and dues. The circuit court subsequently entered a default judgment and…

Scudder v. Pierce
Date: December 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29483
In re Kishi
Date: December 16, 2013
Docket Number: SCPR-13-0005678
Continental Pacific, LLC v. Richardson
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0006068
Minton v. Quintal  
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000317

Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents, the City and County of Honolulu and certain individuals, banned Petitioners, two stagehands, from working at certain City-owned facilities based on Petitioners' involvement in a charitable concert featuring…

Kilakila 'O Haleakala v. Bd. of Land & Natural Res.  
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000353

Justia Opinion Summary: The University of Hawaii (UH) sought to construct an advanced solar telescope and observatory near the summit of Haleakala on Maui. Kilakila 'O Haleakala (KOH) opposed UH's conservation district use application to build…

Elizares v. State
Date: December 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000590
Sound v. State, Department of Human Services
Date: December 12, 2013
Docket Number: 30677
Blumer-Buell v. Heely
Date: December 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0005129
State v. Stapleton
Date: December 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0001063
State v. Kong  
Date: December 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000393

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with two drug-related offenses. Defendant was then admitted into a drug court program but subsequently self-terminated from the program. The circuit court found Defendant guilty as charged and…

Nomura v. Nakasone
Date: December 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0005254
Goo v. Arakawa
Date: December 5, 2013
Docket Number: 30142
Hall v. Department of Land and Natural Resources
Date: December 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000061
Kealoha v. Machado  
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-11-0001103

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed this action against the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) trustees, claiming that the OHA trustees breached their fiduciary duties by improperly expending trust funds on Hawaiians, as opposed to native…

Villanueva v. State
Date: December 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0003189
First Hawaiian Bank v. Chadwick
Date: November 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000525
Flores v. State  
Date: November 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000359

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with the offense of kidnapping. After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of kidnapping. Defendant appealed, arguing that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the…

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Osterloh
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0003192
Calzetta v. District Court of the First Circuit.
Date: November 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0003439
Kekona v. Bornemann
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29036
Schmidt v. HSC, Inc.
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29454
Waikoloa Development Co. v. Waikoloa Heights Land Investors, L.P.
Date: November 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30043
State v. Palic
Date: November 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000609
Lunsford v. Surgical Associates, Inc.
Date: November 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000484
Simmons v. Aqua Hotels and Resorts, Inc.
Date: November 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000836
State v. Maharaji  
Date: November 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29520

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII) in violation of Haw. Rev. Stat. 261E-61(a)(1). The intermediate court of appeals (ICA) affirmed. Defendant subsequently filed a…

Pink v. Castro
Date: November 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30376
Hartley v. Marsh
Date: November 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000128
Frye v. Reyes
Date: November 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000516
Frye v. Kermabon
Date: November 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000517
U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Castro  
Date: November 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001104

Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents, the Castro family, executed a mortgage encumbering their property that was assigned to Petitioner, U.S. Bank. When the Castros defaulted on their loan, U.S. Bank purchased the property at a foreclosure…

State v. Getz  
Date: November 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000009

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of robbery in the second degree, which requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant used "force against the person of anyone present with the intent to overcome…

AC v. AC
Date: November 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000808
Wideman v. Hawaii Paroling Authority
Date: November 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000065
In re Attorney's Fees to McLaren v. Paradise Inn Hawaii, Inc.
Date: November 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000460
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Fujiyama
Date: November 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0003586
In re Beekman
Date: November 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000594
State v. Dietrich
Date: November 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0001055
Kellberg v. Yuen
Date: October 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000266
State v. Vaimili  
Date: October 30, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000034

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner posted bond for Defendant after Defendant was charged with several crimes. When Defendant failed to appear for trial, a judgment and order of forfeiture of bail bond was filed. Petitioner's motion was denied.…

State v. Bailey
Date: October 30, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000396
Gao v. State, Dept. of the Attorney General
Date: October 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000001
State v. Harris
Date: October 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001012
State v. Decoite
Date: October 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30186
Nepage-Fontes v. Nepage
Date: October 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000621
State v. Armitage
Date: October 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29794
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Salling
Date: October 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0002307
State v. Baker
Date: October 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000666
In re TM
Date: October 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000521
Mikelson v. United Services Automobile Association
Date: October 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000535
State v. Lindsey
Date: October 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30390
State v. Salas
Date: October 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000123
Finance Factors, Limited v. Bihn
Date: October 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000168
United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 636, AFL-CIO v. Abercrombie
Date: October 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000505
State v. Scott  
Date: October 16, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000037

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of assault in the second degree, terroristic threatening in the second degree, and terroristic threatening in the first degree. Defendant appealed, arguing that the circuit…

State v. Apollonio  
Date: October 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000695

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was orally arraigned and charged with excessive speeding in violation of Haw. Rev. Stat. 291C-105(a)(1). After a trial, the trial court found Petitioner guilty as charged. Petitioner appealed, and the…

Ogeone v. Yang
Date: October 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000391
BG Incorporated v. Ellis
Date: October 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001093
Elizares v. State
Date: October 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000590
State v. Nakano  
Date: October 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000106

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a conditional no contest plea to operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII). The district court convicted Defendant over OVUII under Haw. Rev. Stat. 291E-61(a)(1) and (a)(3).…

Blaisdell v. Nishimura
Date: October 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0003526
Krog v. Koahou
Date: October 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000315
Mikelson v. United Services Automobile Association
Date: October 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30384
Mickelson v. United Services Automobile Association
Date: October 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000535
Schmidt v. HSC, Inc.
Date: October 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29454
Makani Olu Partners, LLC v. Ah Sam
Date: October 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30384
July 2013 Notice of Passing the Hawaii Bar Examination.
Date: October 2, 2013
Docket Number: July2013Bar
State v. Vaughan
Date: October 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000709
Kudo v. Mitchell
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: CAAP-12-0000493
Siopes v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc.  
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-12-0000361

Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents in this case included Kaiser Foundation Health and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (collectively, Kaiser). Michael Siopes, a public school teacher, enrolled in a Kaiser health plan offered through the Hawaii…

State v. Basnet
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000762
State v. Dietrich
Date: September 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000705
State v. Johnson
Date: September 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001015
State v. Rodriguez
Date: September 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000212
State v. Flores
Date: September 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000359
State v. Palencia
Date: September 16, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001083
Villanueya v. State
Date: September 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0003189
State v. Bailey
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000395
Discover Bank v. Adams
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000429
AOAO Queen Emma Gardens v. Ma
Date: September 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30694
Shyanguya v. Nishimura
Date: September 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002448
Butler v. Myers
Date: September 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000406
Wille v. Board of Land and Natural Resources
Date: September 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000496
Kauai Springs, Inc. v. Planning Commission of the County of Kauai
Date: September 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29440
Sang v. Clark  
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-11-0000536

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, individually and as personal representatives of Makamae Ah Mook Sang's estate, filed a negligence action against defendants after Makamae died of acute alcohol intoxication after attending a party at…

Kanahele v. Maui County Council
Date: August 30, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29649
State v. Vaimili
Date: August 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000034
Hawaii State Teachers Association v. University of Laboratory School
Date: August 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000295
Alatan v. Kaneakua
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCOT-11-0000628
In re Canas
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCOT-13-0002832
Espinoza v. District Court of the First Circuit, Honolulu Division
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002892
Jenkins v. Hawaii Paroling Authority Official
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002897
The Bank of New York Mellon v. Johnson
Date: August 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000446
Alkire-Clemen v. Castle Medical Center
Date: August 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000095
Kanahele v. Maui County Council
Date: August 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29649
Collins v. Wassell
Date: August 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30070
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Ferrigno
Date: August 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000423
Guerra v. Nacino
Date: August 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000288
Shyanguya v. Nishimura
Date: August 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002448
City and County of Honolulu v. Nakasone
Date: August 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002631
State v. Hsu
Date: August 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000214
Aikire-Clemen v. Castle Medical Center
Date: August 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000095
Abadilla v. Iwata
Date: August 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29851
State v. Taylor
Date: August 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30161
Villanueva v. State
Date: August 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000617
Imamoto v. Nishimura
Date: August 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002185
State v. Slavick
Date: August 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002083
Slavick v. Rodby
Date: August 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002206
In re Application of Honolulu Constr. & Draying Co., Ltd.  
Date: August 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30484

Justia Opinion Summary: Aloha Tower Development Corporation filed a petition to expunge a deed restriction on a park requiring that it be preserved as a public park. Scenic Hawaii, Inc. subsequently intervened in the litigation. After a…

Kanahele v. Maui County Council  
Date: August 8, 2013
Docket Number: 29649

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, residents of Maui, challenged the Maui County Council's (MCC) passage of two bills related to the development of a residential community on 670 acres of land in Wailea (Wailea 670 project), arguing that MCC…

Villanueva v. State
Date: August 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002327
BG Incorporated v. Ellis
Date: August 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001093
Federal Land Bank Association of Hawaii, FLCA v. Bassan
Date: August 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000033
Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc. v. Waialea Resort Company, Ltd.
Date: August 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000711
State v. Taylor  
Date: August 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30161

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of theft in the second degree for allegedly offering to provide legal services and obtaining or exerting control over a retainer check by deception. Defendant appealed, arguing…

State v. Han
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000814
State v. HGEA
Date: July 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29532
State v. Palencia
Date: July 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001083
In re AS
Date: July 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001065
County of Hawaii v. UNIDEV, LLC
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000188
Kellberg v. County of Hawaii
Date: July 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000080
Schaefer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel
Date: July 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0002165
State v. Villiarimo
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000109
State v. Lockey
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000765
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Gould
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000134
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. DesJardins
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0001538
Winfrey v. GGP Ala Moana LLC  
Date: July 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30589

Justia Opinion Summary: Jasmine Fry, a twenty-two-year-old woman, died after entering into and becoming trapped in an exhaust duct above the food court in the Ala Moana Center (Ala Moana). Fry entered the duct by way of the building's rooftop.…

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Danmeyer
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000451
The Bank of New York Mellon v. Johnson
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000446
Nelson v. Hawaiian Homes Commission
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30110
Lahaina Fashions, Inc. v. Bank of Hawaii
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30644
Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii, LLC v. Rainbow Dialysis, LLC.
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-12-0000018
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kleinsmith
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000572
Villon v. Marriott Hotel Servs., Inc.  
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCCQ-11-0000747

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, food and beverage services employees of hotels, brought claims against their employers for violating Haw. Rev. Stat. 481B-14 by invoking Haw. Rev. Stat. 388-6, 388-10, and 388-11. Specifically, Plaintiffs…

In re Goldman
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCPR-13-0001640
State v. Hanohano
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001863
State v. Amiral
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000374
Grandinetti v. State
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000485
Lambert v. Teisina
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0001024
Imamoto v. Kahi Mohala Hospital
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30065
Thomas v. Sterns
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30467
AOAO Queen Emma Gardens v. Ma
Date: July 12, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30694
Mizukami v. Don Quijote
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001762
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. v. Wise
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000444
State v. Han
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000814
Martin v. C. Brewer and Company, Ltd.
Date: July 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29570
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Songstad
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: 30099
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Highnote
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000667
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Nishioka
Date: July 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0001113
Nelson v. Hawaiian Homes Commission
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30110
In re: Marn Family Litigation
Date: July 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000181
State v. Nakano
Date: July 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000106
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Kea
Date: July 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000135
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Feeney
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000725
Villanueva v. Johnson
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001263
State v. Getz
Date: July 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000009
Nelson v. Hawaiian Homes Comm'n  
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 30110

Justia Opinion Summary: In dispute in this case was whether Plaintiffs were entitled to attorneys' fees and costs in litigating the underlying case. In the underlying case, Plaintiffs sued the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) and the…

Rideout v. State
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000390
Villanueva v. State
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000617
Villanueva v. State
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000637
Villanueva v. State
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000638
State v. Dela Cruz
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000367
Paglinawan v. Rompel
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000426
Mortgage Elec. Registration Sys., Inc. v. Wise  
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000444

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners executed a promissory note secured on a mortgage on their residence from a California corporation. The mortgage stated that Respondent, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, listed as mortgagee and…

State v. Casugay-Badiang
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000802
Ass'n of Apartment Owners of Waikoloa Beach Villas v. Sunstone Waikoloa, LLC  
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000998

Justia Opinion Summary: The Waikoloa Beach Villas condominium project was developed by Respondent, Sunstone Waikoloa, LLC. Petitioner, the Association of Apartment Owners of the Waikoloa Beach Villas, contacted Respondent to resolve issues…

State v. Santiago
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001078
Hawaiian Ass'n of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Wong  
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28592

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a Hawaii non-profit corporation, entered into a lease agreement with Defendant, the trustee of a trust. Plaintiff subsequently began renting cabins on the property to the public. After a dispute arose between…

State v. Calara
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29550
Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii, LLC v. Rainbow Dialysis, LLC  
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-12-0000018

Justia Opinion Summary: The State Health Planning & Development Agency (SHPDA) granted Rainbow Dialysis (Rainbow) a conditional certificate of need to establish two dialysis facilities in Maui. Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii (Liberty), another Maui…

Willis v. Swain
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29539
Thomas-Yukimura v. Yukimura  
Date: June 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29927

Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved the disposition of property during divorce proceedings between Husband and Wife. In the divorce decree, the court provided that the property would be sold and the proceeds divided as proposed by the…

Wagner v. Office of the Public Defender
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001162
Kaohu v. State
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001183
Villanueva v. Hirano
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001262
Wagner v. Kim
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001433
Mizukami v. Don Quijote
Date: June 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000385
Mizukami v. Don Quijote
Date: June 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000385
Johnson v. Laderta
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000932
State v. Beaver
Date: June 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000654
State v. Beaver
Date: June 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000654
State v. Casugay-Badiang  
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000802

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to two counts of methamphetamine trafficking in the second degree in violation of Haw. Rev. Stat. 712-1240.8. The circuit court sentenced Defendant to a concurrent term of imprisonment of five years…

State v. Han  
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000814

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was charged with abuse of family and household members. Prior to trial, a Korean language interpreter was sworn in to translate the proceedings for Petitioner. During the trial, Petitioner's attorney informed…

Kapoua v. State
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000910
Tachino v. Border
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001202
Grandinetti v. State
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000485
Alao v. Onewest Bank FSB
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000982
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Wooten
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000405
Hall v. Department of Land and Natural Resources
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000061
Jou v. Siu
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000119
State v. Kong
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000393
Wells Fargo Bank v. Hensley
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000089
Ragasa v. Simmons
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000657
State v. Slavick
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001141
State v. Slavick
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000286
State v. Slavick
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000408
Willis v. Swain  
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29539

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was a passenger in an uninsured vehicle that was in an accident. At the time, Petitioner had a certificate policy issued by the Department of Human Services through its Joint Underwriting Program (JUP). The…

Chen v. Lu
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000360
Imamoto v. Kahi Mohala Hospital
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30065
Tim Sing v. Nacino
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000931
Hall v. Department of Land and Natural Resources
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000061
State v. Atwood  
Date: June 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30337

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered into a contract with Complainant for the purpose of remodeling part of Complainant's house. Complainant later discovered Defendant was not a licensed contractor, contrary to Defendant's representations…

Tierney v. Matsuoka
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000656
State v. Woodhall  
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000097

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a medical marijuana patient, was arrested for possessing medical marijuana while passing through airport security at Kona International Airport. Defendant was later convicted of promoting a detrimental drug in…

Plauche v. Plauche
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000369
State v. Amiral
Date: May 31, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000374
In re Johnson
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCPR-13-0000702
Pacific Lightnet, Inc. v. Time Warner Telecom, Inc.
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28948
Yukimura v. Yukimura
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29927
Befitel v. Lyckman
Date: May 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30691
State v. Tunley
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000891
Mizukami v. Don Quijote
Date: May 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-13-0000385
Rideout v. State
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000390
Kam Center Specialty Corporation v. LWC IV Corporation
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29652
Kam Center Specialty Corporation v. LWC IV Corporation
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29851
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000530
Tierney v. County of Hawaii
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000616
State v. Ungounga
Date: May 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000586
County of Hawaii v. UniDev, LLC  
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000188

Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent awarded Petitioner a contract to develop an affordable housing development project. The parties entered into a development services agreement (DSA) that contained a provision stating that the parties would…

State v. DeLeon
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000064
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Hayashi
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0001028
State v. Pali  
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000451

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was sentenced to a five-year term of probation for the offenses of promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree and prohibited acts related to drug paraphernalia. The probationary sentence was granted to…

Nakajima v. Nakajima
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29553
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Manuia
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000136
In re Rolnick
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPR-13-0000574
Tierney v. State
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000095
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000199
Tierney v. Matsuoka
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000402
Unciano v. Chang
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000489
Kaleikini v. Yoshioka
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-11-0000611
State v. Ungounga
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000585
State v. Pitts
Date: May 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30559
Kutkowski v. Princeville Prince Golf Course, LLC  
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: 28826

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1971, Plaintiff began subleasing a half-acre parcel of land that was part of an undivided 1040-acre parcel of property (master parcel). Plaintiff and the master parcel's owner, Princeville Development Corporation,…

State v. Pitts
Date: May 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30559
De La Garza v. State  
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000595

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded no contest to one count of assault in the first degree and one count of kidnapping as a class B felony. In its first minimum term order, the Hawaii Paroling Authority (HPA) set Petitioner's minimum…

State v. Attaguile
Date: May 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000785
State v. Basham
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000758
Van Ness v. State, Department of Education
Date: May 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000775
Gowan v. Kubo
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000017
State v. Slavick
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000286
State v. Slavick
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000408
State v. Pomroy
Date: May 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29688
Kaleikini v. Yoshioka  
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-11-0000611

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought this suit against the City and County of Honolulu and the State, challenging the approval of a rail project and arguing that state law required that an archaeological inventory survey be completed prior…

Travelocity.com LP v. Chang
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000313
Tierney v. Perkins
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000387
State v. Cabinatan
Date: May 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000550
Pila'a 400 LLC v. Board of Land and Natural Resources
Date: May 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28358
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Eliason
Date: April 30, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000822
Tierney v. Liu
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000416
State v. Larsen
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000219
State v. Cramer  
Date: April 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000085

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was found guilty of several drug-related offenses. At his sentencing hearing, Defendant was represented by a court-appointed deputy public defender. Privately retained counsel also appeared on behalf of…

Kobashigawa v. Silva  
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: 30639

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought a negligence action against the City for damages arising from an accident in which William Kobashigawa was truck and killed while crossing a mid-block crosswalk. The jury returned a verdict in favor of…

Benitez v. State
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000409
Paglinawan v. Rompel
Date: April 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000426
Smith v. Nakamura
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000186
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000199
Tierney v. Matsuoka
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000402
Association of Condominium Homeowners of Tropics at Waikele v. Sakuma
Date: April 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000870
Travelocity.Com LP v. Chang
Date: April 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000313
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Songstad
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000057
Minton v. Quintal
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000317
Dist. Council 50 of Int'l Union of Painters & Allied Trades v. Lopez  
Date: April 17, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28762

Justia Opinion Summary: The State contracted with a general contractor (Contractor) to complete the renovation of an elementary school. The project required extensive glazing work, specifically, the fabrication and installation of jalousie…

Jou v. Schmidt  
Date: April 16, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29868

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant, a medical doctor, challenged the partial denial of personal injury protection benefits after treating a patient insured by Appellee. While Appellant's request for an administrative hearing was pending in the…

State v. Pacheco
Date: April 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000571
State v. Pai
Date: April 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000344
Tierney v. Perkins
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000115
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. v. Wise
Date: April 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000444
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Yamamoto
Date: April 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000728
Tierney v. State
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000130
Tierney v. State
Date: April 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000140
State v. Tran
Date: April 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000528
State v. Robles
Date: April 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000760
State v. Salvick
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-00001124
State v. Slavick
Date: April 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001127
Association of Condominium Homeowners of Tropics at Waikele v. Sakuma
Date: April 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000870
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000831
Tierney v. Matsuoka
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000079
Tierney v. Espinda
Date: April 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000080
State v. Transfiguracion
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000048
Plauche v. Plauche
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000369
Olson v. Lui
Date: March 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001026
State v. Schlesinger
Date: March 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000793
State v. Scott
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000037
State v. Pacquing  
Date: March 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29703

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with one count of Unauthorized Possession of Confidential Personal Information (UPCPI) for identifying himself to a police officer during two traffic stops by using the name and address of his…

Tierney v. Perkins
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000078
Lopez v. State
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000512
NST Holdings Corp. v. Altres. Inc.
Date: March 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28917
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Hayashi
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0001028
Tierney v. Perkins.
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000115
Tierney v. State
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000130
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: March 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000140
Slavick v. Ahn
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000167
State v. Million
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000212
Suzuki v. State
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000157
State v. Metcalfe  
Date: March 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30518

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of manslaughter and carrying or use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The intermediate court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the circuit…

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Ng
Date: March 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000414
E. Savings Bank, FSB v. Esteban  
Date: March 15, 2013
Citation: 129 Haw. 154
Docket Number: SCAP-30686

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs granted Eastern Savings Bank, FSB (Eastern) a mortgage on property as security for a loan. Plaintiffs defaulted on the loan, and Eastern filed an action to foreclose the mortgage. The circuit court foreclosed…

Tierney v. Matsuoka
Date: March 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000079
State v. Kekona
Date: March 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000031
Tierney v. Espina
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000080
Thomas v. County of Hawaii
Date: March 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000463
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000831
Tierney v. State
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000095
Knight v. State
Date: March 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000472
Tierney v. Liu
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000001
State v. Spearman
Date: March 8, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000702
State v. Menendez
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: 30446
Smith v. Tanaka
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000038
Grandinetti v. Bobby Ross Group, Inc.
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000082
State v. Manipon-Silva
Date: March 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000126
State v. Maharaj
Date: March 5, 2013
Docket Number: 29520
Tierney v. Perkins
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000078
Grindling v. Cardoza
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000100
Elsenbach v. Elsenbach
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000189
State v. Florence
Date: March 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000608
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Ng
Date: March 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000414
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Highnote
Date: March 1, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000667
State v. Simon
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000107
Sherrill v. Pico
Date: February 27, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000676
State v. Kahanaoi
Date: February 26, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30734
State v. Bortel
Date: February 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCAP-12-0000392
Hayakawa v. State
Date: February 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000054
Disciplinary Board of the Hawaii Supreme Court v. Kaneshiro
Date: February 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-13-0000016
Hawaii State Teachers Association and Hawaii Labor Relations Board
Date: February 22, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000053
Tierney v. State
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000095
State v. Spearman  
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000702

Justia Opinion Summary: The State charged Defendant with violating Haw. Rev. Stat. 291E-61(a)(1) and/or (a)(3) for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII), but the complaint did not allege mens rea. During trial,…

State v. Acker
Date: February 21, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30205
State v. Farren
Date: February 20, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000458
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000831
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001116
Tierney v. Liu
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000001
Simeona v. Abercrombie
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000019
State v. Slavick
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-00001127
State v. Slavick
Date: February 19, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001127
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Wooten
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000405
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Bertelmann
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000950
County of Hawaii v. Lui
Date: February 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000488
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Fernandez
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000376
Ruh v. Intermediate Court of Appeals
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000050
State v. Han
Date: February 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000814
County of Hawaii v. Lui
Date: February 13, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000488
Fukumoto v. State
Date: February 12, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000791
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Nishioka
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0001113
State v. Hoke IV
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000008
State v. Hoke IV
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-000024
State v. Kanaka'ole
Date: February 11, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000813
Grandinetti v. Bobby Ross Group, Inc.
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0000021
State v. Gomez-Lobato
Date: February 6, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000338
Office of Diciplinary Counsel v. Agard
Date: February 5, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0001034
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Furusho
Date: January 30, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000879
Tierney v. Sheriff's Division, Department of Public Safety
Date: January 30, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000978
State v. Lui
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000081
State v. Hart
Date: January 29, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000749
Tumale v. Taguma
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001153
County of Hawaii v. UNIDEV, LLC.
Date: January 28, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000188
State v. Woodhall
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000097
Ralston v. Yim  
Date: January 25, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30082

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued Dentist, claiming that Dentist had negligently provided him with orthodontic care. Dentist moved for summary judgment. On the day before the hearing, Plaintiff's counsel submitted a faxed copy of an expert…

Tierney v. Sakai  
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000831

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, an inmate, submitted a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the Director of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to approve dental treatment, teeth cleaning, a root canal, a cavity fix,…

Hester v. Horowitz
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001033
Sakuma v. Ayabe
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001057
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001116
County of Hawai'i v. Lui
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000488
State v. Bruce
Date: January 24, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-29581
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Eliason
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000822
Akui v. Sakai
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001066
State v. Slavick
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001124
In re Hanohano
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001126
State v. Slavick
Date: January 23, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-13-0001127
Alvarez v. Kyo-Ya, Inc.
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0001034
Grindling v. State
Date: January 18, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-12-0000114
NST Holdings Corp. v. Altres. Inc.
Date: January 16, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-28917
Diamond v. Dubbin
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30573
Kuehu v. Gate Gourmet. Inc.
Date: January 15, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30587
Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Condit
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCAD-12-0000726
Tierney v. Perkins
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001013
Tierney v. Matsuoka
Date: January 14, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001118
Suzuki v. Board of Public Accountancy
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000968
Tierney v. Sakai
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0001016
Knight v. State
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000472
State v. Stone
Date: January 10, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-30059
In re Dell-Wilson
Date: January 9, 2013
Docket Number: SCPR-12-0001122
State v. Million
Date: January 7, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-10-0000212
Tierney v. Sheriff's Division, Department of Public Safety
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000978
State v. Ngo  
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000049

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, the State charged Petitioner with the offense of accident involving death or serious bodily injury in violation of Haw. Rev. Stat. 291C-12. After a trial, the court found Petitioner guilty as charged. The…

State v. Kaulia  
Date: January 4, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000089

Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted by the district court of committing assault in the third degree in the course of a mutual affray. The intermediate court of appeals (ICA) affirmed Petitioner's conviction but…

State v. Slavick
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCPW-12-0000894
Sierra Club v. Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc.
Date: January 3, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000625
In re Murashige
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCPR-12-0001108
State v. Casugay-Badiang
Date: January 2, 2013
Docket Number: SCWC-11-0000802
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