Case Title: Hickam Federal Credit Union v. Hifo

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State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2005-06-27T00:00:00Z

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THE HONORABLE EDEN £. HIFO, Judge of the Circuit Court of
the First Circuit of the State of Hawai'i; DANIEL T. KEOMALU;
GERARD AUYONG; STEPHEN KWOCK; CUTTER PONTIAC, BUICK,

GNC OF WAIPAHU, INC.; and CJW MOTORS, INC., Respondents

 

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
(CIV. No, 04-1-0732)

R_DENY IN: KAM PEI NION' S
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(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

upon consideration of Petitioner Hickam Federal Credit

Union's petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the Honorable
Judge Eden E. Hifo, the papers in support and opposition, and the
records and files herein, it appears that: (1) Petitioner is
seeking a writ of mandamus reversing or vacating the order
granting Cutter Pontiac, Buick, GMC of Waipahu, Inc. and CJW
Motors, Inc.’s motion to disqualify Carlsmith Ball, LLP as
counsel for Hickam Federal Credit Union's Third Party Complaint
against Cutter Pontiac, Buick, GMC of Waipahu, Inc., CJW Motors,
Inc. filed in Keomalu v, Hickam Faderal Credit Union, Civil
No. 041-0732, presently pending in the Circuit Court of the
‘Third Circuit; and (2) Petitioner fails to demonstrate that it is

entitled to a writ of mandamus. Therefore,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for a writ of
mandamus directed to the Honorable Judge Eden E. Hifo is denied.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 27, 2005.

Duane R. Miyashiro and
Elyze J. McDonald for

petitioner on the writ oI
R. Steven Geshell
and William Fenton LtrGlleccren

Sink for respondent
Daniel T. Keomalu

in answer Prcater OO eae ant

Lisa Woods Munger,
and Robert Ke Fricke

for respondents Cutter

Pontiac, Buick, GNC Cnn. « Rudin b+

of Waipahi, inc.y and

Cow Motors, inc.