In re: Application to Settle Boundaries of the Land of Kahuku

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: April 30, 2026
• Docket: SCWC-23-0000305
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 30-APR-2026 10:51 AM Dkt. 16 ODAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________

IN RE APPLICATION TO SETTLE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAND OF KAHUKU (PORTION), DISTRICT OF KAʻU, ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI,

(S.P. NO. 3CSP-XX-XXXXXXX)

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LANCE KEAWE WILHELM; ROBERT K.W.H. NOBRICA; ELLIOT K. MILLS; CRYSTAL KAUILANI ROSE and JENNIFER NOELANI GOODYEAR-KAʻOPUA, as Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, doing business as KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

KEALIA RANCH LLC, a Hawaiʻi limited liability company, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant,

and

ELIZABETH LEE STACK, Personal Representative of the Estate of Elizabeth Marks Stack, aka Elizabeth M. Stack, aka Elizabeth Stack, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant.

(CIVIL NO. 3CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ________________________________________________________________

CERTIORIARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Somerville, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioner Kealia Ranch LLC’s Application for Writ of

Certiorari, filed on March 27, 2026, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, April 30, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Rowena A. Somerville