SMITH v. HURD

Civ. No. 88-00147 HMF.

699 F.Supp. 1433 (1988)

Hugh V. SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Charles H. HURD; C.F. Damon, Jr.; Charles W. Key; Vernon F.L. Char; Clinton K.L. Ching; R. Charles Bocken; Denis C.H. Leong; Kenneth R. Kupchak; Steven H. Levinson; Diane D. Hastert; Ronald R. Sakamoto; Michael A. Yoshida; Dean E. Ochiai; David M.K. Lum; Denise C.H. Nip; John S. Rapacz; Damon, Key, Char & Bocken, a Hawaii professional (law) corporation; Eric Nagano; Bal Corporation, a Hawaii corporation; Ilekea, Inc., a Hawaii corporation; Marshall Island Investment Company, a Marshall Islands corporation; Lahaina Shores Village Company, a Hawaii corporation; Academy Limited Partners, a Hawaii limited partnership and Spafford and Ishizaki, Inc., a Hawaii corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

November 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Amemiya, Honolulu, Hawaii and Justice Smyth, III, Robison & Belser, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff.

James F. Ventura, Libkuman, Ventura, Ayabe, Chong & Nishimoto, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Charles H. Hurd.

Renton Nip, Foley, Maehara, Judge & Nip, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Eric Nagano, Bal Corp., Ilekea, Inc., Marshall Island Inv. Co., LaHaina Shores Village Co., Academy Ltd. Partners and Spafford & Ishizaki, Inc.

James Duffy, Jr., Colbert Matsumoto, Fujiyama, Duffy & Fujiyama, Honolulu, Hawaii, for C.F. Damon, Jr., Charles W. Key, Vernon F.L. Char, Clinton K.L. Ching, R. Charles Bocken, Denis C.H. Leong, Kenneth R. Kupchak, Steven H. Levinson, Diane D. Hastert, Ronald R. Sakamoto, Michael A. Yoshida, Dean E. Ochiai, David M.K. Lum, Denise C.H. Nip, John S. Rapacz and Damon, Key, Char & Bocken.


ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS

FONG, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

This malicious prosecution action arises out of the prosecution of claims asserted against Hugh Smith in the case of Nagano v. Ledbetter, Civil No. 85-0211 (hereinafter "Nagano"). Defendants in this case include those parties named as plaintiffs in the Nagano case, as well as Charles Hurd, the law firm of Damon Key Char & Bocken,...

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