Public Access Trails Hawai'i v. Haleakala Ranch Company

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: July 19, 2021
• Docket: SCWC-16-0000559
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 19-JUL-2021 11:19 AM Dkt. 19 OGAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

PUBLIC ACCESS TRAILS HAWAIʻI, a Hawaiʻi Nonprofit Corporation, and DAVID BROWN, JOE BERTRAM, III; KEN SCHMITT; for themselves individually, and on behalf of the certified class members, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

HALEAKALA RANCH COMPANY, a Hawaiʻi Corporation; STATE OF HAWAIʻI, WILLIAM AILA JR., in his official capacity as the Director of the State of Hawaiʻi DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES and chair of the State of Hawaiʻi BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, State of Hawaiʻi, Respondent/Cross-Claimant-Appellee,

HALEAKALA RANCH COMPANY, a Hawaiʻi Corporation, Respondent/Cross-Claim Defendant-Appellant.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CIV. NO. 11-1-0031(3))

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant’s application for writ

of certiorari filed on May 28, 2021, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by

the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, July 19, 2021.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Todd W. Eddins