Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) (Order Granting in Part, Joint Motion to Dismiss)

NO. 25570

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

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OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS, ROWENA AKANA, HAUNANI APOLIONA,
DANTE CARPENTER, DONALD CATALUNA, LINDA DELA CRUZ,
COLETTE MACHADO, BOYD P. MOSSMAN, OSWALD STENDER, and
JOHN WAIHE‘E, IV, in their official capacities as members
of the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
PIA THOMAS ALULI, JONATHAN KAMAKAWIWO‘OLE OSORIO, CHARLES

KA‘AI‘AI, and KEOKI MAKA KAMAKA KI‘ILI, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF
HAWAI‘I (HCDCH), ROBERT J. HALL, in his capacity as Acting
Executive Director of HCDCH, CHARLES STED, Chair,
STEPHANIE AVEIRO, FRANCIS L. JUNG, CHARLES KING, LILLIAN B.
KOLLER, BETTY LOU LARSON, THEODORE E. LIU, TRAVIS THOMPSON,
TAIAOPO, TUIMALEIALIIFANO, Members of the Board of Directors of
HCDCH, State of Hawai‘i, and LINDA LINGLE, in her capacity as
Governor, State of Hawai‘i, Defendants-Appellees.

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APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT

(CIV. NO. 94-4207)

ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, JOINT MOTION TO DISMISS

(By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Recktenwald, JJ.;

and Circuit Judge Chan, in place of Duffy, J., recused)

Upon consideration of plaintiffs-appellants (except for plaintiff-appellant Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio) and defendants-appellees' motion to dismiss without prejudice all claims of and to dismiss the appeal of all plaintiffs-appellants, except Osorio, or, in the alternative, for a limited remand to the circuit court for the purpose of effectuating a dismissal without prejudice of all claims of plaintiffs-appellants, except Osorio [hereinafter, the joint motion], the papers in support thereof, and the record herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, to the extent the joint motion seeks to dismiss the appeal of all plaintiffs-appellants, except Osorio, the motion is granted, and plaintiffs-appellants' appeal, except for Osorio's, is dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, October 27, 2009.

On the joint motion:

William K. Meheula (of Meheula
& Devens LLP) and Hayden Aluli,
for plaintiffs-appellants
Aluli, Kaaiai, and Kiili

Sherry P. Broder, Jon M.
Van Dyke, and Melody McKenzie,
for plaintiffs-appellants OHA,
akana, Apoliona, Cataluna,
Heen, Lindsey, Machado,
Mossman, Stender, and Waihe‘e

Mark J. Bennett, Attorney
General, for the State
defendants-appellees