Title: County of Kauai by its County Attorney Lani D.H. Nakazawa v. Baptiste, Mayor, County of Kauai

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

No, 27382
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAT'T

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COUNTY OF KAUAT BY ITS COUNTY ATTORNEY LANI D.H. NAKAZAWA,
Plaintiff-Appellee

BRYAN J. BAPTISTE, MAYOR, COUNTY OF KAUAI, MICHAEL H. TRESLER,
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, COUNTY OF KAUAI AND KAUAI COUNTY COUNCIL,
Defendants-Appellees

and

GORDON G. SMITH, INDIVIDUALLY; WALTER S. LEWIS, IN HIS
CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE WALTER S. LEWIS REVOCABLE,
LIVING TRUST; MONROE F. RICHMAN, TRUSTEE, RICHMAN
FAMILY TRUST; and MING FANG, TRUSTEE, MING’ FANG TRUST,
Intervenors-Appellants 3

 

APPEAL FROM THE FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO. 04-1-0124)

tay: Dusty, Sefer the court*)
upon consideration of the: (1) motion to expedite
sppea; (2) notion for stay pending appeals (3) notion for
injunction pending appeals and (4) petition for weit of mandamss
{hled by Intezvenors-Appellants Gordon G. smith, Walter S. Lewis,
in his capacity as Trustee of the Walter S. Lewis Revocable
Living Trust, Monroe F. Richman, Trustee, Richman Fanily Trust,
and Ming Fang, Trustee, Ming Fang Trust (Appellants), the papers

in support and opposition, and the records and files herein,

* considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, 23.

 

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IT 1S HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The motion to expedite the appeal is denied. Denial of
this motion does not preclude the parties from agreeing to an
expedited briefing schedule or Appellants from filing their
briefs earlier than required by HRAP Rule 28 after the record is
transmitted.

2. The motion for stay pending appeal is denied without
prejudice to Appellants seeking relief in the court appealed fron
im the first instance in accordance with HRAP Rule 8(a).

3. The motion for injunction pending appeal is denied
without prejudice to Appellants seeking relief in the court
appealed from in the first instance in accordance with HRAP
Rule 8(a).

4. The petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, July 7, 2005.

fobert H. Thomas FOR THE COURT:
for intevenore
appellants on the
notion Bore esoa: te.

Associate Justice

 

Pamela A. Fong
for plaintiff-appellee
in opposition