Narayan v. The Ritz-Carlton Development Company, Inc.

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-12-0000819 09-AUG-2017 03:15 PM

SCWC-12-0000819

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, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RENTON FAMILY TRUST

DATED 12/3/09; STEPHEN XIANG PANG; FAYE WU LIU; MASSY MEHDIPOUR

AS TRUSTEE FOR MASSY MEHDIPOUR TRUST DATED JUNE 21, 2006;

G. NICHOLAS SMITH; TRISTINE SMITH; RITZ 1303 RE, LLC, a Colorado

Limited Liability Company; and BRADLEY CHAFFEE 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,

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

THE RITZ-CARLTON DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC.;

THE RITZ-CARLTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC; JOHN ALBERT; EDGAR GUM,

Respondents/Defendants-Appellants,

and

MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC.; 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; THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C.;

MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORDWIDE, CORPORATION; MARRIOTT OWNERSHIP

RESORTS, INC.; MARRIOTT TWO FLAGS, LP; MH KAPALUA VENTURE, LLC;

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, Respondents/Defendants.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CAAP-12-0000819; CIV. NO. 12-1-0586(3))

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

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

Upon consideration of Respondents/Defendants-Appellants

the Ritz Carlton Development Company, Inc., et al’s motion for

reconsideration of the opinion filed on July 14, 2017, Exclusive

Resorts, LLC, et al.’s joinder in the motion for reconsideration

and the record herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, August 9, 2017.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Karen T. Nakasone