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Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCAP-13-0003607
30-JUN-2015
09:00 AM
SCAP-13-0003607
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; Individually and as Trustee for The Renton Family
Trust dated 12/3/09; STEPHEN XIANG PANG; FAYE WU LIU; MASSY
MEHDIPOUR, Individually and as Trustee for Massy Mehdipour
Trust dated June 21, 2006; G. NICHOLAS SMITH; TRISTINE SMITH;
RITZ 1303 RE, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company;
CLIFFORD W. CHAFFEE; BRADLEY CHAFFEE, Individually and 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,
GARY S. ANDERSON, RONALD W. LORENZ, and RENEE Y. LORENZ,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
vs.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; THE RITZ-CARLTON DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, INC.; THE RITZ-CARLTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC; JOHN
ALBERT; EDGAR GUM; THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, LLC; MARRIOTT
VACATIONS WORLDWIDE CORPORATION; MARRIOTT OWNERSHIP RESORTS,
INC.; MARRIOTT TWO FLAGS, LP; and MH KAPALUA VENTURE, LLC,
Defendants-Appellants,
and
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; MLP KB PARTNER LLC; KAPALUA BAY
HOLDINGS, LLC; ER KAPALUA INVESTORS FUND, LLC; ER KAPALUA
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INVESTORS FUND HOLDINGS, LLC; EXCLUSIVE RESORTS DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, LLC; and EXCLUSIVE RESORTS CLUB I HOLDINGS, LLC,
Defendants-Appellees.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT
(CAAP-13-0003607; CIV. NO. 12-1-0586)
SUMMARY DISPOSTION ORDER
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.,
and Circuit Judge Nakasone, in place of Wilson, J., recused)
This appeal concerns the arbitrability of certain
“purchase-based” claims pursuant to an arbitration provision
contained in the Declaration of Condominium Property Regime of
Kapalua Bay Condominium. The questions presented in the
underlying appeal are controlled by our recent decision in
Narayan v. Marriott (Narayan I), No. SCWC-12-819, at 16 (Hawai#i
June 3, 2015) (pub. op.), where we held “that the arbitration
provision contained in the condominium declaration is
unenforceable because the terms of the various condominium
documents are ambiguous with respect to the Homeowners’ intent to
arbitrate.”
Pursuant to our analysis in Narayan I, the circuit
court’s August 26, 2013 order denying Defendants Marriott
International, Inc., The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC,
Marriott Two Flags, LP, the Ritz-Carlton Development Company,
Inc., the Ritz-Carlton Management Company, LLC, John Albert,
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Edgar Gum, Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., MH Kapalua Venture,
LLC, and Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation’s motion to
compel arbitration is affirmed.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, June 30, 2015.
Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr., /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
Lex R. Smith,
Joseph A. Stewart, /s/ Paula A. Nakayama
and Maria Y. Wang for
defendants-appellants /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
Terence J. O’Toole, /s/ Richard W. Pollack
Judith Ann Pavey, and
Andrew J. Lautenbach for /s/ Karen T. Nakasone
plaintiffs-appellees
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