OTAKA v. KLEIN

No. 14134.

791 P.2d 713 (1990)

OTAKA, INC., Petitioner, v. The Honorable Robert G. KLEIN, Emerald Management Company, a Hawaii Limited Partnership, and Yo Tokuyama, as Trustee in Dissolution for Emerald Hotels Corporation, a dissolved Hawaii corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied May 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Paul, William S. Hunt, and Sheryl L. Nicholson, Paul, Johnson, Alston and Hunt, and Barry W. Marr and Anna M. Elento-Sneed, Carlsmith, Wichman, Case, Mukai and Ichiki, Honolulu, for petitioner.

William C. McCorriston, William Meheula and Nadine Y. Ando, McCorriston, Miho & Miller, Honolulu, Jeffrey M. Smith, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, Ga., and James J. Bickerton, Bickerton, Ramos-Saunders & Dang, Honolulu, for respondents.

Before PADGETT, Acting C.J., HAYASHI, WAKATSUKI and MOON, JJ., and NAKAMURA, Retired Justice, in place of LUM, C.J., recused.


PER CURIAM.

The instant petition for writ of mandamus, which seeks to disqualify the firm McCorriston, Miho & Miller (McCorriston) from representing Emerald Management Company and Yo Tokuyama as trustee in dissolution for Emerald Hotels Corporation (Emerald) in Civil No. 89-2110-07, presents this court with the opportunity to determine the legal standards to be applied by our trial courts in attorney disqualification proceedings based on alleged violations of...

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