COMBS v. CASE BIGELOW LOMBARDI, 28773 (Haw. 6-10-2010)

GUY ST. CLAIR COMBS; MARION WILCOX COMBS; THE SCOTT MICHAEL ST. CLAIR COMBS IRREVOCABLE TRUST; THE GUY ST. CLAIR COMBS, III IRREVOCABLE TRUST; THE MARTHA COMBS TRUST; CATHERINE ANNE MOORE-AIRTH; CHARLES SLOGGETT; CARLA JORDAN KRISTEN J. LA DOW; ROBERT B. JORDAN; MICHAEL P. JORDAN; JONATHAN W. FISHER; ANTHONY H. FISHER; GALEN M. FISHER; TIMOTHY W. FISHER; RICHARD SLOGGETT, JR.; GERALD W. FISHER; THE CATHERINE ANNE MOORE-AIRTH REVOCABLE TRUST; THOMAS JOHNSTON; ANNE SLOGGETT HAMILTON; ARTHUR W. SLOGGETT; SUSAN CHAMBERLAIN; ERIK PETERSON; PATRICK FISHER; and SHERRI SLOGGETT-SHANKS, Petitioners/Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees; v. CASE BIGELOW LOMBARDI, a law corporation; DANIEL CASE; JAMES CRIBLEY; DENNIS LOMBARDI; TOD TANAKA, Petitioners/Respondents/Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and STEPHEN M. CASE; ALPS INVESTMENT LLC; ALPS ACQUISITION SUB, INC.; THE STEPHEN M. CASE REVOCABLE TRUST; KA PO’E HANA LLC; THE GROVE FARM COMPANY, INC.; HUGH M. KLEBAHN; DONN A. CARSWELL; PAMELA W. DOHRMAN; ROBERT D. MULLINS; WILLIAM D. PRATT; and RANDOLPH MOORE, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees. (CIV. NO. 05-1-0166) MICHAEL FISHER; SCOTT G. FISHER; PATRICK FISHER; BARBARA PERRY FISHER, individually and as trustee on behalf of the Charles Fisher Trust, Plaintiffs, v. STEPHEN M. CASE; ALPS INVESTMENT LLC; THE STEPHEN M. CASE REVOCABLE TRUST; KA PO’E HANA, LLC; THE GROVE FARM COMPANY, INC.; CASE BIGELOW LOMBARDI, a law corporation; DANIEL CASE; JAMES CRIBLEY; DENNIS LOMBARDI; and TOD TANAKA, Defendants. (CIV. NO. 06-1-0170).

No. 28773Supreme Court of Hawaii.
June 10, 2010.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CIV. NOS. 05-1-0166 and 06-1-0170).

R. Aaron Creps (of O’Connor, Playdon Guben); Kevin S. Rosen (of Gibson, Dunn Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA), Chief Justice pro hac vice, for petitioners/respondents/defendants-appellees/cross-appellants, on the application.

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ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
By: MOON, C.J., for the court[1] .

[1] Considered by: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Recktenwald, JJ.; Circuit Judge Trade, in place of Duffy, J., recused.

Petitioners/respondents/defendants-appellees/cross-appellants Case Bigelow Lombardi, a law corporation, Daniel Case, James Cribley, Dennis Lombardi, and Tod Tanaka’s application for writ of certiorari, filed May 6, 2010, is hereby rejected.