Ke Kailani Partners, LLC v. Ke Kailani Development LLC.

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: September 6, 2016
• Docket: SCWC-12-0000758
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000758 06-SEP-2016 12:54 PM

SCWC-12-0000758

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

KE KAILANI PARTNERS, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company;

Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited

liability company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, Individually,

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants,

and

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, REAL PROPERTY DIVISION, COUNTY

OF HAWAII; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; THE ASSOCIATION

OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; MAUNA LANI RESORT ASSOCIATION,

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

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Respondents/Counterclaimants-Appellants,

BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself and for CENTRAL

PACIFIC BANK and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED; BANK OF

HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK; FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED,

Respondents/Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees.

---------------------------------------------------------------- KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited liability

company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,

Respondents/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,

MARY MILES MORRISON, Trustee under the Mary Miles

Morrison Trust dated October 2, 1986,

Respondent/Third-Party Defendant-Appellee,

ASSOCIATION OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY

ASSOCIATION; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON; ROBERT BATINOVICH;

STEPHEN B. and SUSAN L. METTER; HARRY and BRENDA MITTELMAN;

UTALY, LLC; GORDON E. and BETTY I. MOORE, Trustees; ROY and

ROSANN TANAKA; MICHAEL G. and LINDA E. MUHONEN; MICHAEL O. HALE;

BARRY and CAROLYN SHAMES, Trustees; KATONAH DEVELOPMENT LLC;

DAVID R. and HE GIN RUCH; NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION;

BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself and for CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK

and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED; BANK OF HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC

BANK; FINANCE FACTORS,LIMITED; DISPUTE PREVENTION AND

RESOLUTION,

Respondents/Third-Party Nominal Defendants-Appellees.

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KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited liability

Respondents/Fourth-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,

MARY MILES MORRISON, Trustee; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON;

NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION; BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself

and for CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED;

BANK OF HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK; FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED,

Respondents/Fourth-Party Defendants-Appellees,

ASSOCIATION OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY

ASSOCIATION; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON; STEPHEN B. and SUSAN L.

METTER; HARRY and BRENDA MITTELMAN; UTALY, LLC; GORDON E. and

BETTY I. MOORE, Trustees; ROY and ROSANN TANAKA; MICHAEL G. and

LINDA E. MUHONEN; MICHAEL O. HALE; BARRY and CAROLYN SHAMES,

2 Trustees; KATONAH DEVELOPMENT LLC; DAVID R. and HE GIN RUCH,

Respondents/Fourth-Party Nominal Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CAAP XX-XXXXXXX; CAAP-12-0000758; CIVIL NO. 09-1-2523-10)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Kim, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused)

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants Ke Kailani Development LLC and Michael J. Fuchs’ application for writ of certiorari filed on July 25, 2016, is hereby rejected. Further, the ICA properly concluded that it lacked appellate jurisdiction over the “July 30, 2012 Order Denying Ke Kailani Development, LLC and Michael J. Fuchs’ Motion Based upon Newly Discovered Evidence to Disqualify the Honorable Bert I. Ayabe from All Proceedings in Civil No. 09-1-2523-10, Filed June 21, 2012.” Accordingly, CAAP-12-0000758 is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, September 6, 2016.

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Glenn J. Kim