Nelson v. Hawaiian Homes Commission

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: June 6, 2011
• Docket: SCWC-30110
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30110 06-JUN-2011 08:42 AM

SCWC-30110

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

RICHARD NELSON III, KALIKO CHUN, JAMES AKIONA, SR.,

SHERILYN ADAMS, KELII IOANE, JR., and CHARLES AIPIA (deceased),

Respondents/Plaintiffs/Appellants,

vs.

HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,

KAULANA H.R. PARK in his official capacity as Chair of the

Hawaiian Homes Commission, PERRY ARTATES, ALAPAKI NAHALE-A,

DONALD S.M. CHANG, STUART HANCHETT, MALIA KAMAKA, FRANCIS LUM,

TRISH MORIKAWA, and HENRY K. TANCAYO, in their official

capacities as members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission,

Respondents/Defendants/Appellees,

and

KALBERT K. YOUNG, in his official capacity as the State Director of Finance, and the STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CIVIL NO.07-1-1663-08)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: McKenna, J., for the court1

)

1 Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy and McKenna, JJ.,

The Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on May 4,

2011 by Kalbert K. Young and the State of Hawai'i,

Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees, is accepted and will be

scheduled for oral arguments. The parties will be notified by the

appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 6, 2011.

FOR THE COURT:

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

Associate Justice

GIRARD D. LAU CHARLEEN M. AINA Deputy Attorneys General for Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees, State of Hawai'i and Kalbert K. Young, in his official capacity as the State Director of Finance

DAVID KIMO FRANKEL

ALAN T. MURAKAMI

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation for

Richard Nelson III, Kaliko Chun, James Akiona,

Sherilyn Adams, Kelii Ioane, Jr. and

Charles Aipia (deceased)