Mauna Kea Anaina Hou v. University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: October 27, 2011
• Docket: SCWC-29032
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29032 27-OCT-2011 10:08 AM

NO. SCWC-29032

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU, ROYAL ORDER OF KAMEHAMEHA I, SIERRA CLUB, HAWAII CHAPTER and CLARENCE CHING, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants,

vs.

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI#I INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

and

BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, HARRY FERGESTROM, and HAWAI#I ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, INC., Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29032; CIV. NO. 04-1-0397)

AMENDED ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J. Nakayama, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ. and Circuit Judge Ahn, in place of Acoba, J., recused)

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Mauna

Kea Anaina Hou, Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Sierra Club, Hawai#i Chapter and Clarence Ching’s application for writ of certiorari

filed on September 14, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, October 27, 2011.

Paul Alston, Blake Oshiro and /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Shannon M.I. Lau of Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing and Dexter K. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Kaiama for petitioners on the application /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr.

David M. Louie, Attorney /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna General of Hawai#i, Robert T. Nakatsuji and Deirdre Marie- /s/ Karen S. S. Ahn Iha, Deputy Solicitors General, for respondent Board of Land and Natural Resources on the response

Darolyn H. Lendio, University General Counsel, Bruce Y. Matsui, Office of the General Counsel, and Lisa Woods Munger, Lisa A. Bail and Abigail M. Holden of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel for respondent University of Hawai#i Institute for Astronomy on the response