NO. 21068

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



JOSEPH A. RYAN and HELEN B. RYAN,
Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners,

vs.

TANABE CORPORATION, a Japan corporation,
TANAC CORPORATION, a Hawai`i corporation,
Defendants-Appellees-Respondents,

and

ICHIRO SAKAKURA, individually and as an officer
and/or agent of Tanabe Corporation and/or
Tanac Corporation; ROBERT M. KAYA BUILDERS, INC.,
and DOE DEFENDANTS 1-100, Defendants.

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ROBERT M. KAYA BUILDERS, INC.,
Third-Party Plaintiff,

vs.

L. T. KUWASAKI, INC., TAJIRI LUMBER, LTD.,
AKAMAI LANDSCAPING & MAINTENANCE, and
JAYAR CONSTRUCTION, INC., Third-Party Defendants.


CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CIV. NO. 92-0643-02)


ORDER DISMISSING CERTIORARI PROCEEDING
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, and
Ramil, JJ. and Circuit Judge McKenna,
in place of Klein, J., recused (1))

Upon further consideration of the records and files in this case, it appears that the writ of certiorari herein was improvidently granted. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this certiorari proceeding is dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, January 11, 2002.
 

Joseph A. Ryan and Helen
Ryan, plaintiffs-appellants-
respondents, appearing pro se
 

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No. 21068 Ryan v. Tanabe Corp. -- Order Dismissing Certiorari Proceedings
 

1.     Associate Justice Klein resigned from the Judiciary on February 4, 2000.