LEE v. HEFTEL

No. 16791.

911 P.2d 721 (1996)

81 Hawai`i 1

William LEE and Susan Lee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cecil HEFTEL, Joyce Heftel, Richard Heftel, Conley Dew, Ltd., Herbert Conley, Jr., Barbara Dew, Eloise Conley, Yumi Laney, Mickey Patterson, Defendants-Appellees, and John Does 1 to 10, Doe Corporations 1 to 10, Doe Entities 1 to 10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

February 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G.S. Au, Connie G.W. Meredith, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James T. Paul, Robyn B. Chun of Paul, Johnson, Park & Niles, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Defendants-Appellees Cecil Heftel, Joyce Heftel and Richard Heftel.

Douglas T.Y. Lee, Arthur H. Kuwahara, Lee, Kim, Wong, Yee & Lau, on the briefs, Honolulu, for Defendants-Appellees Conley Dew, Ltd., Herbert Conley, Jr., Barbara Dew, Eloise Conley, Yumi Laney and Mickey Patterson.

Before MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and RAMIL, JJ. and Circuit Judge SOONG, in place of KLEIN, J., recused.


NAKAYAMA, Justice.

Plaintiffs-appellants William Lee and Susan Lee (collectively, "the Lees") appeal from the circuit court's order granting defendants-appellees Cecil Heftel, Joyce Heftel, and Richard Heftel's (collectively, "the Heftels") "motion to dismiss or in the alternative, to stay action pending mediation/arbitration" (motion to stay).1 On appeal, the Lees contend that the circuit court erred in staying the action pending arbitration...

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