WESTERN FARM CREDIT BANK v. HAMAKUA SUGAR CO., INC.

Civ. No. 93-00318 ACK.

841 F.Supp. 976 (1994)

WESTERN FARM CREDIT BANK, a federal corporation, Plaintiff, v. HAMAKUA SUGAR COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawaii.

January 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Schraff, Ronald V. Grant, Tracy Timothy Woo, Dwyer Imanaka Schraff Kudo Meyer & Fujimoto, Honolulu, HI, for plaintiff.

Christopher J. Yuen, Hilo, HI, for defendants Arthur Herbst, Jr. and Thomas Bearden.

David J. Dezzani, Randall K. Steverson, Corlis J. Chang, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, Honolulu, HI, for defendant Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd.

Walter R. Schoettle, pro se.

Steven B. Jacobson, Torkildson Katz Jossem Fonseca Jaffe Moore & Hetherington, Honolulu, HI, for defendants John H. Hewetson and Nancy L. Hewetson.

Michael J. Matsukawa, Kailua-Kona, HI, for defendant Paauhau Protestant Church.

Robert B. Bunn, Nicholas C. Dreher, Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, HI, for defendants Francis S. Morgan, Margot A. Morgan, Kualoa Ranch, Inc., and Hawaiian Irrigation Co.

Robert J.K. Garcia, Kamuela, HI, for defendant Louis Nobriga.

Terence T. Yoshioka, Jerel I. Yamamoto, Henry T. Nakamoto, Nakamoto Yoshioka & Okamoto, Hilo, HI, for defendants Takeshi Hagiwara, Trustee for the Takeshi Hagiwara Revocable Living Trust, Hisako Hagiwara, Trustee for the Hisako Hagiwara Revocable Living Trust, Robert Tanoue, Earl Saito, dba Paauilo Store, Emiko Maile Chong, Robert M. Yamada, and Yamada Enterprises, Inc.

Edward L. Britton, III, pro se.

Richard D. Wurdeman, Corp. Counsel, Anson K. Lee, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Hilo, HI, for defendant County of Hawaii.

Jerry M. Hiatt, Carl H. Osaki, Bays Deaver Hiatt Kawachika & Lezak, Kamuela, HI, for defendants Robert Impson, dba Last Chance Store, Honokaa Odaishi Shingon Mission, aka Kinpukuji Mission, Pablo Ignacio, Ligaya Ignacio, Errol H. Imada, Ayako Imada, Ambrocio Mamuad, Clevenan Mamuad, Florencio Visaya, Kiyoshi Oshiro, Mildred Oshiro, James Ishiki, Satornina Ishiki, Chiyono Komenaga, Elaine Charters, Mason Oshiro, Maria R. Yano, and Luis Manarpaac.

Steven L. Wolf, pro se.

Mariam and Arshad Igbal, pro se.

Tamotsu Tanaka, Eric H. Tsugawa, Tanaka & Tsugawa, Honolulu, HI, for defendant Pheasant Ridge Corp.

James A. Wagner, James F. Evers, Wagner & Watson, Honolulu, HI, for defendant John Goss, Trustee of defendant Hamakua Sugar Co., Inc.

Terry and Diana Tusher, pro se.

Philip L. Lahne, Dinman Nakamura Elisha & Lahne, Honolulu, HI, for Otto Lehrack and Karen Lehrack.

Robert A. Marks, Atty. Gen., Ted Gamble Clause, James C. Paige, Deputy Attys. Gen., Dept. of Atty. Gen., State of HI, Honolulu, HI, and Don Jeffrey Gelber, Simon Klevansky, Robert J. Faris, Gelber Gelber Ingersoll & Klevansky, Honolulu, HI, for defendant State of HI.

Steven A. Kornberg, James C. Clay, Kailua-Kona, HI, for Joseph Sciortino, Jr., Jana Fowler, Mark D. Farrin and Alison A. Farrin.

Martin Anderson, Honolulu, HI, for defendants David Larsen, Shirley Larsen, Viking Properties, Inc., Kapoho Properties, Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank.

Gordon Nelson, Honolulu, HI, for defendant Bank of Hawaii.

Terrance R. Shumaker, Honokaa, HI, for defendants Fred Kozy, Shirley Kozy and Mauna Kea Water Users Associates, Inc.

Thomas L.H. Yeh, Menezes Tsukazaki Yeh & Moore, Hilo, HI, for Virginio C. Aguiar, Jr. and Miriam Aguiar.

Michael Buxton, pro se.

Robert M. Dunn, pro se.

Lawrence A. Heim, pro se.

Rebecca Pohaku Kearns, pro se.


ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF DIVERSITY

KAY, Chief Judge.

BACKGROUND

On April 13, 1993, Plaintiff Western Farm Credit Bank ("Western Farm") filed this action to foreclose on certain loans upon which Defendant Hamakua Sugar Company ("Hamakua") defaulted. Defendant Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd. ("Davies") now moves this Court to dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Davies contends that no diversity...

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