Lambert v. City of Elizabeth

Full title: HOVEY B. LAMBERT, TRUSTEE UNDER THAT HOVEY B. LAMBERT TRUST, an unrecorded…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

Date published: Jun 10, 2015

SCWC-12-0001024 (Haw. Jun. 10, 2015)

Opinion

SCWC-12-0001024

06-10-2015

HOVEY B. LAMBERT, TRUSTEE UNDER THAT HOVEY B. LAMBERT TRUST, an unrecorded Revocable Living Trust Agreement dated April 5, 2002, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAHA (k); PAHUPU (k); RAHELA KANIU; GEORGE KAKELAKA LUA; CLARENCE LUA; ROSE DAVIDSON LUA; GEORGE LUA; ARDYS LUA; KENNETH LUA; ELLEN LUA; DELARINE TEENEY, also known as DELIRINE GALLAGHER; VIOLET LUA, also known as VIOLET OHUMUKINI; ARTHUR OHUMUKINI; MELODY OHUMUKINI; SIMEON LUA, also known as SIMEON LANI LUA; MAKAHIWA K. LUA, JR.; DAWN K.T. WASSON; JOANNA THOMPSON; HOWARD LUA, also known as HOWARD KEAWE LUA; TONI-SUE LUA; JEREMY K. LUA; JOEL LUA; JENILYNNE LUA LONGI; PATRICIA MALIA LUA MATAGI; GRAYCE DEAN; GERALDINE ROBERTS; VICKIE PILI; FALEMA'O PILI; JAMES LUA; PAULINE THORNTON, also known as PAULINE LUA; ROBERT LUA; JANICE L. KAI; JEAN P. CARSON; LAURENCE LUA; MARGO HOWLETT; ETUATE FA, also known as EDWARD FA; JOELENE FA; MARIA LUA KAMAI, also known as MARAEA KAMAE; LEONARD LUA; LORRAINE LUA; LEONARD R. LUA, JR.; EVELYN MAKAVECKAS; HENRY KAMAE, JR.; KANE KAMAE; KENNETH KAMAE; KLENNMEYER KAMAE, SR.; HARRIET KAMAE; KAY-VOLA SHANNON; KWEN-LYNN BRANDOW; CRAIG T. BRANDOW; HAZEL LUA NEMOTO; LAWRENCE NAOKI NEMOTO; LARYNELL NEMOTO-HUSEMANN, also known as GIGI GALDONES; TYRONE GALDONES; HEIDI K. KELEOPAA; KIANA N.H. JODELL; DAWNE BALDERSON, also known as DONNA SMITH; MAUREEN HARDIN; JOEL K. LUA; CYNTHIA LUA; SAMUEL LUA, also known as SAMUEL MASAO LUA; CAROLYN LUA; ROBERT E. MASSEY; DANIEL L. MASSEY; CAROL L. MASSEY; ROBIN ING; AMY DRUMMUNDO; MAILE VANAMAN, also known as MAILILEI VANAMAN; GEORGE LUA, also known as GEORGE POOKELA LUA; KALLEN LUA; INGRED MAILE; STRAIDE LUA; LANELL LUA; WARREN LUA; ROSE KOLUANA LUA; THELMA LUA, also known as THELMA WHITE, also known as LANI WHITE; PROPERTY RESERVE, INC.; ANA TEKIATA FINAU; LUCY LEIAHOLA GIRELLI; GEORGE NEHEMIA NIHIPALI, JR.; ROSEMARY MONTANO; COLLEEN CARRIER; JEFFREY LUA; HARMONY ELAM; ELIZABETH BAL; HYRUM K. YEE POONG; MARGARET-ANN LUA; MARIAN KAPANUI; ANNETTE LAMM; SAFFIRE MAKAENA; ERICA MASSEY; JUANITA KAHANU POST; KEINARD HANS POST; KEINARD K. POST; WALTER SHANNON; GEORGE SHANNON; KATHLEEN SHANNON; DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION OF STATE OF HAWAII; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND PERMITTING, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU; CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF STATE OF HAWAII; HAWAII PACIFIC FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and LESIELI TEISINA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and PENISIMANI TEISINA, Petitioner/Intervenor-Appellant, and MALTBIE K. NAPOLEON, Respondent/Party-In-Interest-Appellee.

R. Steven Geshell for petitioners Philip J. Leas and W. Keoni Shultz for respondent Hovey B. Lambert

By: Nakayama, acting C.J., Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Perkins, in place of Recktenwald, C.J., recused, and Circuit Judge Kim, in place of McKenna, J., recused

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CAAP-12-0001024; CIVIL NO. 09-1-2529)
ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
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Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant Lesieli Teisina and Petitioner/Intervenor-Appellant Penisimani Teisina's Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on May 7, 2015, is hereby accepted.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be scheduled in this case at this time. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 10, 2015. R. Steven Geshell for petitioners Philip J. Leas and W. Keoni Shultz for respondent Hovey B. Lambert

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Richard K. Perkins

/s/ Glenn J. Kim