SCWC-14-0000387

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

 

EARL C. CHARLES and PATRICIA A. CHARLES, in their individual

capacities and as co-trustees of the Earl C. Charles 

and Patricia A. Charles Revocable Living Trust Dated 

December 12, 1990; PETER COAD JR. and JUDY E. COAD, in their

individual capacities and as co-trustees of the Coad Family 

Trust Dated April 14, 2006; JOHN E. CORK; SUSAN M. CORK; 

AL P. BRENDE; DOUGLAS M. DROESE and RENEE S. DROESE, in their

individual capacities and as co-trustees of the 1995 Droese

Family Trust 08/02/95; MARTIN GIUFFRE; PATRICIA GIUFFRE; 

MATTHEW GIUFFRE; WILLIAM G. GLENNON and CAROLYN N. GLENNON, in

their individual capacities and as co-trustees of the Glennon

Living Trust dated 01/16/97; BRIAN HOYLE, in his individual

capacity and as trustee of The Brian H. Hoyle Trust; 

WILLARD S. JOHNSTON, in his individual capacity and as trustee 

of The Willard Spencer Johnston Jr. Trust Dated 4-27-92; 

MICHAEL M. KEMPS, in his individual capacity and as co-trustee 

of the Kemps Family Trust Dated October 23, 2003; GEMMA KEMPS, 

in her individual capacity and as co-trustee of The Kemps 

Family Trust Dated October 23, 2003; DOCTOR ROHIT KHANNA; 

THERESA KHANNA; TERRY G. NEGENDANK and PAULA T. NEGENDANK, in

their individual capacities and as co-trustees of The Terry G.

Negendank and Paula T. Negendank 2000 Revocable Living Trust;

JULIA NEGENDANK; HEIDI NEGENDANK; STEPHEN E. PENFOLD; 

BARBARA A. PENFOLD; DONALD RECCHIO; MARIE WEBER; MARLON A. REYES;

PATRICIA Y. SIGUENZA; THOMAS D. ROSINSKI; JANET S. ROSINSKI;

CHARLES P. SCHULMAN; RICHARD J. STUART, in his individual

capacity and as trustee of The Richard J. Stuart Trust Under

Agreement Dated June 27, 2005; RICHARD VICKERS; NICOLE VITULLO;

ANDREW H.W. BRANION; JOYCE L. ZIEBELL; WILLIAM BENDUSH and 

SOPHIA BENDUSH, in their individual capacities and as 

co-trustees of The Bendush Family Trust Dated March 25, 1987;

DOCTOR THOMAS M. PROSE; RONALD A. ABELMANN; JERYL J. ABELMANN;

ABELMANN INVESTMENTS, LP; FRANCIS R. ZAMBON, in his individual

capacity and as trustee of The Francis R. Zambon Living Trust

Dated April 21, 2000, and as co-trustee of The Francis R. Zambon

and Karen E. Zambon Living Trust Dated May 13, 2011; 

KAREN E. ZAMBON, in her individual capacity and as co-trustee 

of The Francis R. Zambon and Karen E. Zambon Living Trust Dated

Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-14-0000387

24-DEC-2015

02:18 PM
May 13, 2011; JOHN R. HENKEL; SUSAN A. HENKEL; CAROLINE GAUTHIER;

MARC LEFEBVRE; DOUGLAS C. MCCORD; TRACEY A. MCCORD; 

KEVIN R. DUNCAN; GREG H. GIESLER and ANN L. GIESLER, in their

individual capacities and as co-trustees of the Giesler Family

Trust; LEE J. CHIMERAKIS; THERESA A. CHIMERAKIS; JOHN

FITZPATRICK; BARBARA FITZPATRICK; DAVID APLIN, in his individual

capacity and as a trustee of The Aplin Kapalua Trust; RICHARD

GIARAMITA; LISA GIARAMITA; DOCTOR ROBERT M. JACKSON and JUDITH

JACKSON, in their individual capacities and as co-trustees of 

The Robert M. Jackson and Judith Jackson Revocable Trust; 

CRAIG L. CAPRETTA; ARLINDA CAPRETTA; ALEX WERNBERG; JANE

WERNBERG; JEFFREY L. ROTHENBERGER and STACY L. ROTHENBERGER, 

in their individual capacities and as co-trustees of The Jeff

Lynn Rothenberger and Stacy Leah Rothenberger Revocable Living

Trust; WILLIAM C. GABRIELSON, in his individual capacity and 

as trustee of The William C. Gabrielson Trust; GLENNA ANTHONY;

KEITH DELLER; AL A. KASHANI; TRI M. LA; JOHN W. HARKINS; 

RENEE LA FORCE HARKINS, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

KAPALUA BAY, LLC, MAUI LAND & PINEAPPLE CO., INC.; 

THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, LLC; THE RITZ-CARLTON 

DEVELOPMENT CO., INC.; MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; 

EXCLUSIVE RESORTS, LLC; MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE 

CORPORATION; THE RITZ-CARLTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC; 

MARRIOTT TWO FLAGS, LP; MH KAPALUA VENTURE, LLC; MLP KB 

PARTNER, LLC; EXCLUSIVE RESORTS CLUB I HOLDINGS, LLC; 

EXCLUSIVE RESORTS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC; ER KAPALUA 

INVESTORS FUND HOLDINGS, LLC; ER KAPALUA INVESTORS FUND, LLC;

KAPALUA BAY HOLDINGS, LLC, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

 

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CAAP-14-0000387; CIV. NO. 13-1-0640(2))

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

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

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants’ application for writ

of certiorari filed on November 10, 2015, is hereby accepted. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no oral argument will be

heard in this case. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant 

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to Rule 34(c) of the Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure, move

for retention of oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, December 24, 2015.

Mark J. Bennett and

Andrew J. Lautenbach

for petitioners

Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr.,

Lex R. Smith, Maria Y.

Wang, and Aaron R. Mun

for respondents The 

Ritz-Carlton Hotel 

Company, LLC, The RitzCarlton Development

Co., Inc., Marriott 

International, Inc., 

Marriott Vacations 

Worldwide Corp., The RitzCarlton Management Company, 

LLC, Marriott Two Flags, 

LP, and MH Kapalua

Venture, LLC

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

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