Court Opinion

ID: 9959494
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-04-11 19:03:57.780099+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:29.952197
License: Public Domain

Electronically Filed
                                                      Supreme Court
                                                      SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                      11-APR-2024
                                                      08:14 AM
                                                      Dkt. 21 ODAC

                        SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

         IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

                     HENRY CHANG WO, JR.,
                Respondent/Appellant-Appellee,

                              vs.

  BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES; DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND
NATURAL RESOURCES; DAWN N.S. CHANG, in her official capacity as
    Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources;
                Respondents/Appellees-Appellees,

                              and

 HASEKO (EWA), INC.; CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, DEPARTMENT OF
                    PLANNING AND PERMITTING,
                Petitioners/Appellees-Appellees

                              and

              DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,
                 Respondent/Appellee-Appellee,

                              and

                     UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI,
                 Petitioner/Appellee-Appellee.

         --------------------------------------------

                      KUAʻĀINA ULU ʻAUAMO,
            Respondent/Party in Interest-Appellant.
         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
            (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1PC1410001373)

       ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
    (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, and Devens, JJ., and
  Circuit Judge Kawano, in place of Ginoza, J., recused, dissenting)

     Petitioners/Appellees-Appellees University of Hawaiʻi,
Haseko (Ewa) Inc., and City and County of Honolulu, Department
of Planning and Permitting’s Application for Writ of Certiorari
filed on February 12, 2024, is rejected.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, April 11, 2024.
                                      /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
                                      /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
                                      /s/ Todd W. Eddins
                                      /s/ Vladimir P. Devens

                               DISSENT
     I respectfully dissent to the majority’s Order Rejecting
Application for Writ of Certiorari, and would accept Petitioners
University of Hawaiʻi, Haseko (Ewa) Inc., and City and County of
Honolulu, Department of Planning and Permitting’s application.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, April 11, 2024.
                                      /s/ Kelsey T. Kawano

                                  2