Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-15 22:03:11.171797+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                    Supreme Court
                                                    SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                    15-FEB-2023
                                                    10:32 AM
                                                    Dkt. 19 ODAC
                        SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

                        STATE OF HAWAIʻI,
                 Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee,
                              vs.
                           LAMA LAUVAO,
               Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and
               WESLEY SAMOA; NATISHA TAUTALATASI,
                Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
                        (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX)
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                        STATE OF HAWAIʻI,
                 Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                              vs.

                       NATISHA TAUTALATASI,
               Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and
                    WESLEY SAMOA; LAMA LAUVAO,
                Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
                        (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX)
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                        STATE OF HAWAIʻI,
                 Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                              vs.

                         WESLEY SAMOA,
              Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and
               LAMA LAUVAO; NATISHA TAUTALATASI,
               Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.
                       (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX)
        CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
     (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX and CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX;
                    Case No. 3CPC-18-000724)
       ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
              (By: McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.,
and Nakayama, J., dissenting, with whom Recktenwald, C.J., joins)

          Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, State of Hawaiʻi’s

Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on January 5, 2023, is

hereby rejected.

          DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 15, 2023.

                              /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                              /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                              /s/ Todd. W. Eddins

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