SCWC-12-0000758 

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Electronically Filed 

Supreme Court 

SCWC-12-0000758 

06-SEP-2016 

12:54 PM 

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII 

KE KAILANI PARTNERS, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company; 

Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,
 

vs.
 

KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited
 

liability company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, Individually,
 

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants,
 

and
 

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, REAL PROPERTY DIVISION, COUNTY
 

OF HAWAII; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; THE ASSOCIATION
 

OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; MAUNA LANI RESORT ASSOCIATION, 

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
 

KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited
 

liability company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,
 

Respondents/Counterclaimants-Appellants,
 

vs.
 

BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself and for CENTRAL
 

PACIFIC BANK and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED; BANK OF
 

HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK; FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED, 

Respondents/Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees.
 
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KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited liability
 

company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,
 

Respondents/Fourth-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,
 

vs.
 

MARY MILES MORRISON, Trustee; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON;
 

NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION; BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself 

and for CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED;
 

BANK OF HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK; FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED, 

Respondents/Fourth-Party Defendants-Appellees,
 

ASSOCIATION OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY 

ASSOCIATION; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON; STEPHEN B. and SUSAN L. 

METTER; HARRY and BRENDA MITTELMAN; UTALY, LLC; GORDON E. and 

BETTY I. MOORE, Trustees; ROY and ROSANN TANAKA; MICHAEL G. and 

LINDA E. MUHONEN; MICHAEL O. HALE; BARRY and CAROLYN SHAMES, 

KE KAILANI DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Hawaii limited liability
 

company and MICHAEL J. FUCHS, individually,
 

Respondents/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants,
 

vs.
 

MARY MILES MORRISON, Trustee under the Mary Miles
 

Morrison Trust dated October 2, 1986,
 

Respondent/Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, 

and
 

ASSOCIATION OF VILLA OWNERS OF KE KAILANI; KE KAILANI COMMUNITY 

ASSOCIATION; BENJAMIN R. JACOBSON; ROBERT BATINOVICH;
 

STEPHEN B. and SUSAN L. METTER; HARRY and BRENDA MITTELMAN; 

UTALY, LLC; GORDON E. and BETTY I. MOORE, Trustees; ROY and 

ROSANN TANAKA; MICHAEL G. and LINDA E. MUHONEN; MICHAEL O. HALE; 

BARRY and CAROLYN SHAMES, Trustees; KATONAH DEVELOPMENT LLC; 

DAVID R. and HE GIN RUCH; NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION;
 

BANK OF HAWAII, as agent for itself and for CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK 

and FINANCE FACTORS, LIMITED; BANK OF HAWAII; CENTRAL PACIFIC 

BANK; FINANCE FACTORS,LIMITED; DISPUTE PREVENTION AND 

RESOLUTION,
 

Respondents/Third-Party Nominal Defendants-Appellees.
 

and
 

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Trustees; KATONAH DEVELOPMENT LLC; DAVID R. and HE GIN RUCH, 

Respondents/Fourth-Party Nominal Defendants-Appellees.
 

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
 

(CAAP 12-0000070; CAAP-12-0000758; CIVIL NO. 09-1-2523-10)
 

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
 

(By: Nakayama, Acting C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., 

and Circuit Judge Kim, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused) 

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants Ke Kailani Development 

LLC and Michael J. Fuchs’ application for writ of certiorari 

filed on July 25, 2016, is hereby rejected. Further, the ICA 

properly concluded that it lacked appellate jurisdiction over 

the “July 30, 2012 Order Denying Ke Kailani Development, LLC and 

Michael J. Fuchs’ Motion Based upon Newly Discovered Evidence to 

Disqualify the Honorable Bert I. Ayabe from All Proceedings in 

Civil No. 09-1-2523-10, Filed June 21, 2012.” Accordingly, 

CAAP-12-0000758 is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, September 6, 2016. 

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama 

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna 

/s/ Richard W. Pollack 

/s/ Michael D. Wilson 

/s/ Glenn J. Kim 

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