NO. 27840



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I





HAWAII INSURERS COUNCIL, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee

vs.

LINDA LINGLE, GOVERNOR, STATE OF HAWAII; GEORGINA K. KAWAMURA,
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE;
LAWRENCE M. REIFURTH, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
CONSUMER AFFAIRS; J.P. SCHMIDT, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, INSURANCE
DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,
Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CIV. NO. 02-1-2295)





ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Duffy, J., for the court (1))

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants' application for a writ of certiorari, filed on July 30, 2008, 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, September 8, 2008.


Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry,
Deputy Solicitor General,
and James F. Nagle,
Deputy Attorney General,
for petitioners/
defendants-appellants
on the application

Gary M. Slovin,
Lisa Woods Munger, and
Bruce L. Lamon (Goodsill
Anderson Quinn & Stifel)
for respondent/plaintiff-
appellee on the response




1.     Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.