Case Title: Silva v. County of Hawaii

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2005-11-28T00:00:00Z

Document:
No. 24102

WY 82 AoW sine

aatas

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

WILLIAM STLVA; DANIEL MLAKAR; MICHAEL DUBBERSTERR
RICHARD CANN; ERNEST CORREIA; HENRY J. SILVA;

THOMAS C.S. HING, JR.; GLENN NOJIRI; JAMES KELLY,
JULIAN SHIROMA? ERROL ISHIMINE; JERRY COLOMA; BRADLEY
BALLESTEROS; ARLEN BENTO; MORTON CARTER: DENNIS CORREA; LODYBESY
GLORY; EARL HATADA; and BURTON YAMAGUCHI, Plaintiffs-Counter-
Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants and Cross~Appellees
Plaintiffs and Counter~

RODNEY AURELLO and WILLIAM LYMAN,
Defendants

COUNTY OF HAWAI'I, and COUNTY OF HAWAT'T POLICE DEPARTMENT, VICTOR
VIERRA, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of
Police for County of Hawaii; Defendants-Appellants and Cross-

Appellees

and

WAYNE CARVALHO, individually end in his official capacity as
‘Deputy Chief of Police and Chief of Police of the County of
Hawai'i, FRANCIS DEMORALES, individually and in his official
capacity as Assistant Chief of Police of the County of Hawai'i,

Defendant s/Cross-Claimants /Cross~Defendants/Counterclaimants-
Cross-Appellant and Cross-Appellees

and

VICTOR VIERRA, individually and in his official capacity
as Chief of Police of the County of Hawai'i,

Defendant /Cross-Defendant /Counterclaimant/Cross-Claimant
and

WAYNE CARVALHO, individually and in his official capacity as
Deputy Chief of Police and Chief of Police of the County of
Hewai'i and VICTOR VIERRA, individually and in his official
capacity as Chief of Police of the County of Hawai'i, Third-Party
Plaintiffs and Counter-Defendants

vs.
GUY PAUL, individually and in his official capacity
as Chief of Police of the County of Hawai'i,
‘Third-Party Defendant and Counterclaimant

and

STATE OF HAWAT'T ORGANIZATION OF POLICE OFFICERS,
‘Third-Party Defendant

 

APPEAL FROM THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO. 97-622)

(By: Moon, C.J. Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, 3J.)

 

Upon consideration of the motion to dismiss appeal
filed by Defendant/Cross-Defendant/Appellant the County of
Hawai'i, the papers in support, the objections to said motion by
Defendant /Appellant Carvalho, and the records and files herein,
it appears that: (1) settlement has been reached between all
remaining plaintiffs and the County, the terms of which require
the complete withdrawal of all claims by plaintiffs against all
defendants and entail no admission of liability by the
defendants; (2) the county has completed the payments required
under the terms of the settlement; and (3) there are no other
claims pending that constitute an adverse interest sufficient to
render the appeal justiciable. Consequently, the pending appeals
are moot. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the County of Hawai'i’s

motion to dismiss is granted, and this appeal is dismissed.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that attorney Gale L.F. Ching’s

motions in connection with this court’s order to show cause as to

why the motion to dismiss should not be granted are denied as

moot.

Honolulu, Hawai'i, November 28, 2005.