Goo v. Arakawa

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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30142 05-DEC-2013 03:08 PM SCWC-30142 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I KAREN GOO, et al., Petitioners/Plaintiffs/Counterclaim-Defendants/Appellants/Cross- Appellees, vs. MAYOR ALAN ARAKAWA, Successor-In-Interest to Mayor Charmaine Tavares, WILLIAM SPENCE, Director of Planning, County of Maui, Successor-In-Interest to Director Jeff Hunt, County of Maui Respondents/Defendants/Cross-Claim Defendants/Appellees/Cross Appellants/Cross-Appellees, and VP AND PK(ML) LLC, KCOM Corp., Defendants/Intervenor-Defendants/Cross-Claim Defendants/Counterclaimants/Cross-Claimants/Appellees/Cross Appellees/Cross-Appellants and KILA KILA CONSTRUCTION, Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant/Cross-Claimant and (John G.) JOHN G S DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, INC., Defendant/Cross-Claimant/Cross-Claim Defendant and NEW SAND HILLS LLC., Defendant/Intervenor-Defendant/Counterclaimant/Cross-Claim Defendant/Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant and DAVID B. MERCHANT; JOYCE TAKAHASHI; BRIAN TAKAHASHI, Defendants/Intervenor-Defendants and DIANE L. REASER, et al., Defendants/Intervenor-Defendants/Counter-Claimants and HOOKAHI, LLC, SANDHILLS ESTATES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, Intervenors/Appellees/Cross-Appellees/Cross-Appellants and CHERYL CABEBE, GERRY RIOPTA, and MELISSA RIOPTA, Intervenor-Defendants/Appellees/Cross-Appellants CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-30142; CIVIL NO. 07-1-0258(1)) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Petitioner/Plaintiff/Counterclaim-Defendant/Appellant/ Cross-Appellee s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on October 25, 2013, is hereby accepted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be heard in this case. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 5, 2013. David J. Gierlach and Lance D. Collins, for petitioners /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Patrick K. Wong and Caleb P. Rowe, for respondents Mayor Alan Arakawa, et al. /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack Ronald T. Yoshimoto and Nathan H. Yoshimoto, for respondents VP and PK(ML) LLC, KCOM Corp., New Sand Hills LLC., and Hookahi, LLC, Sandhills Estates Community Association 2

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