RICHARDSON v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 16457.

868 P.2d 1193 (1994)

William S. RICHARDSON, Henry H. Peters, Oswald K. Stender, Myron B. Thompson, and Matsuo Takabuki, in their capacities as Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a Hawai'i municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Hale Coalition, Intervenor-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Reconsideration Denied March 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Michael Hare (Gail M. Tamashiro and Dennis J. Gaughan, with him on the briefs; of Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright), Honolulu, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lex R. Smith (Bert T. Kobayashi, Jr. of Kobayashi, Sugita & Goda and Thomas P. Rack, Deputy Corporation Counsel, with him on the briefs), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee City and County of Honolulu.

Dennis E.W. O'Connor (Jerrold K. Guben, with him on the briefs; of Reinwald, O'Connor, Marrack, Hoskins & Playdon), Honolulu, for intervenor-appellee.

James K. Mee, Wayne P. Nasser and Teresa A. Quon of Ashford & Wriston, on the briefs, Honolulu, for amicus curiae Small Landowners of Oahu.

Carolee M. Aoki, A. Sonia Faust, Stanley H.C. Young and Joslyn V. Wood, Deputy Attorneys General, on the briefs, Honolulu, for amicus curiae State of Hawai'i.

Before MOON, C.J., and KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA and RAMIL, JJ.


LEVINSON, Justice.

The United States District Court for the District of Hawai'i has certified a question of state law to this court. See Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) 13 (1987).1 In substance, the question is whether Ordinance 91-95 of the City and County of Honolulu,2 relating, inter alia, to residential condominium leasehold conversion, is preempted by Hawai'i Revised Statutes...

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