Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCWC-12-0000758
06-SEP-2016
12:54 PM
SCWC-12-0000758
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
KE KAILANI PARTNERS, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company;
Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,
vs.
KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited
liability company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, Individually,
Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants,
and
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, REAL PROPERTY DIVISION, COUNTY
OF HAWAII; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; THE ASSOCIATION
OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; MAUNA LANI RESORT ASSOCIATION,
Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
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KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited
liability company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,
Respondents/Counterclaimants-Appellants,
vs.
BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself and for CENTRAL
PACIFIC BANK and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED; BANK OF
HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK; FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED,
Respondents/Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees.
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KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited liability
company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,
Respondents/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,
vs.
MARY MILES MORRISON, Trustee under the Mary Miles
Morrison Trust dated October 2, 1986,
Respondent/Third-Party Defendant-Appellee,
and
ASSOCIATION OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON; ROBERT BATINOVICH;
STEPHEN B. and SUSAN L. METTER; HARRY and BRENDA MITTELMAN;
UTALY, LLC; GORDON E. and BETTY I. MOORE, Trustees; ROY and
ROSANN TANAKA; MICHAEL G. and LINDA E. MUHONEN; MICHAEL O. HALE;
BARRY and CAROLYN SHAMES, Trustees; KATONAH DEVELOPMENT LLC;
DAVID R. and HE GIN RUCH; NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION;
BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself and for CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK
and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED; BANK OF HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC
BANK; FINANCE FACTORS,LIMITED; DISPUTE PREVENTION AND
RESOLUTION,
Respondents/Third-Party Nominal Defendants-Appellees.
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KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited liability
company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,
Respondents/Fourth-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,
vs.
MARY MILES MORRISON, Trustee; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON;
NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION; BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself
and for CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED;
BANK OF HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK; FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED,
Respondents/Fourth-Party Defendants-Appellees,
and
ASSOCIATION OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON; STEPHEN B. and SUSAN L.
METTER; HARRY and BRENDA MITTELMAN; UTALY, LLC; GORDON E. and
BETTY I. MOORE, Trustees; ROY and ROSANN TANAKA; MICHAEL G. and
LINDA E. MUHONEN; MICHAEL O. HALE; BARRY and CAROLYN SHAMES,
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Trustees; KATONAH DEVELOPMENT LLC; DAVID R. and HE GIN RUCH,
Respondents/Fourth-Party Nominal Defendants-Appellees.
CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CAAP XX-XXXXXXX; CAAP-12-0000758; CIVIL NO. 09-1-2523-10)
ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.,
and Circuit Judge Kim, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused)
Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants Ke Kailani Development
LLC and Michael J. Fuchs’ application for writ of certiorari
filed on July 25, 2016, is hereby rejected. Further, the ICA
properly concluded that it lacked appellate jurisdiction over
the “July 30, 2012 Order Denying Ke Kailani Development, LLC and
Michael J. Fuchs’ Motion Based upon Newly Discovered Evidence to
Disqualify the Honorable Bert I. Ayabe from All Proceedings in
Civil No. 09-1-2523-10, Filed June 21, 2012.” Accordingly,
CAAP-12-0000758 is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, September 6, 2016.
/s/ Paula A. Nakayama
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
/s/ Glenn J. Kim
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