Case Title: Bischoff v. Ching

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Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2006-06-21T00:00:00Z

Document:
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Wo. 27717

 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'E

CAROLINE BISCHOFF and BETTY K. LEE,
Plaintiffs-Appellees

 

DANIEL K. CHING, PATRICIA Y. CHING, — @
and GERTRUDE C. YEE, Defendants-Appellants

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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(ct. No. ancos-1-2605)
(oy batty Ofer the cout)

upon review of the motion to dismiss appeal, the papers
in support and in opposition and the record, it appears that the
Litigation Civii No, 18¢05-1-2605 has not ended inasmuch as the
plaintifts’ claim for danages has sot been adjudicated. Absent
entry of judgnent on the claim for danages, the appeal of the
judgment of possession and the adjudication of the counterclaim
ss prenature and we lack jurisdiction. Sea HRS § 641-1(a);
Casumpang v. Il, Local 142, 91 Howai's 425, 427, 984 P.24 1252,
1259 (1999) (2 district court judgment or order is final and
sppeslable under HRS § 641-1(a) if St ends the Litigation by
fully deciding the rights and Liabilities of al1 parties and

leaves nothing further to be adjudicated.); Ciesla v, Reddish,

‘considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy,
a.
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78 Hawai'i 18, 889 P.2d 702 (1995) (a district court summary

possession case is app.

 

lable within thirty days after entry of a
judgment for possession and/or after entry of an order finally
determining all claims). Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'l, June 21, 2006.
FOR THE CouRT:

Wom 6. Radia

Associate Justice