Cowan v. Exclusive Resorts PBL1, LLC

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 16-JUL-2024

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 10:25 AM Dkt. 25 OGAC

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

DAVID COWAN and NATHALIE COWAN; and PAUOA BEACH 8 LLC, a Hawaiʻi Limited Liability Company, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees,

and

UMANG P. GUPTA and RUTH M. GUPTA, as Trustees of the Umang and Ruth Gupta Trust under Trust Agreement dated January 18, 2000;

Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees,

and

ROARING LION, LLC, a Montana Limited Liability Company;

ROGER A. GREENWALD and JENNIFER A. HURWITZ, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellees,

vs.

EXCLUSIVE RESORTS PBL1, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company;

Respondent/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

and

PAUOA BAY PROPERTIES LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company;

WHITE SAND BEACH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware Limited Partnership; PAUOA BEACH REALTY LLC, a Hawaiʻi Limited Liability Company; EXCLUSIVE RESORTS PBL3, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company;

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 3CC041000332)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Johnson, in place of Ginoza, J., recused)

Petitioners’ Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed

on May 20, 2024, 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 Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure, move

for retention of oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, July 16, 2024.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Sabrina S. Mckenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Ronald G. Johnson