Narayan v. Marriott International, Inc.
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*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCAP-13-0003607 14-JUL-2017 09:07 AM SCAP-13-0003607 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I KRISHNA NARAYAN; SHERRIE NARAYAN; VIRENDRA NATH; NANCY MAKOWSKI; KEITH MACDONALD, as Co-Trustee for the DKM Trust dated October 7, 2011; SIMON YOO; SUMIYO SAKAGUCHI; SUSAN RENTON; Individually and as Trustee for The Renton Family Trust dated 12/3/09; STEPHEN XIANG PANG; FAYE WU LIU; MASSY MEHDIPOUR, Individually and as Trustee for Massy Mehdipour Trust dated June 21, 2006; G. NICHOLAS SMITH; TRISTINE SMITH; RITZ 1303 RE, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company; CLIFFORD W. CHAFFEE; BRADLEY CHAFFEE, Individually and as Trustee of the Charles V. Chaffee BRC Stock Trust dated 12/1/99, and the Clifford W. Chaffee BRC Stock Trust dated 1/4/98, GARY S. ANDERSON, RONALD W. LORENZ, and RENEE Y. LORENZ, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; THE RITZ-CARLTON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.; THE RITZ-CARLTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC; JOHN ALBERT; EDGAR GUM; THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, LLC; MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION; MARRIOTT OWNERSHIP RESORTS, INC.; MARRIOTT TWO FLAGS, LP; and MH KAPALUA VENTURE, LLC, Defendants-Appellants, and *** NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO., INC.; EXCLUSIVE RESORTS, LLC; KAPALUA BAY, LLC; ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF KAPALUA BAY CONDOMINIUM; CAROLINE PETERS BELSOM; CATHY ROSS; ROBERT PARSONS; RYAN CHURCHILL; MLP KB PARTNER LLC; KAPALUA BAY HOLDINGS, LLC; ER KAPALUA INVESTORS FUND, LLC; ER KAPALUA INVESTORS FUND HOLDINGS, LLC; EXCLUSIVE RESORTS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC; and EXCLUSIVE RESORTS CLUB I HOLDINGS, LLC, Defendants-Appellees. ON REMAND FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT (CAAP-13-0003607; CIV. NO. 12-1-0586) SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ., and Circuit Judge Nakasone, in place of Wilson, J., recused) This appeal concerns the arbitrability of certain “purchase-based” claims pursuant to an arbitration clause contained in the Declaration of Condominium Property Regime of Kapalua Bay Condominium. On June 30, 2015, we affirmed the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit’s (circuit court) order denying Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration pursuant to our opinion in Narayan v. Ritz-Carlton Development Co., 135 Hawai#i 327, 350 P.3d 995 (2015) (Narayan I). On January 11, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States vacated and remanded Narayan I and this case for further consideration in light of its decision in DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, 136 S. Ct. 463 (2015). The questions presented in this appeal are controlled by our decision in Narayan v. Ritz-Carlton Development Co., No. SCWC-12-0000819, at 3 (Haw. July 14, 2017) (pub. op.) (Narayan II), which affirmed our decision in Narayan I and held that “under long-standing Hawai#i contract law, the arbitration clause is unconscionable.” 2 *** NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER *** Pursuant to our analysis in Narayan II, the circuit court’s August 26, 2013 order denying Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration is affirmed. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, July 14, 2017. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Karen T. Nakasone 3
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