EXOTICS HAWAI'I-KONA, INC.; Sharon Murakami as Special Representative for the Estate of Chiaki Kato; Harvey Tomono; Andraea Partners; Arvak Agronomics, Inc.; C & L Orchids and Island Agribusiness, Ltd.; Ernest Carlbom and Donna Carlbom; Cymbidium Partners; Floral Resources/Hawai'i, Inc.; Flowers, Inc.; Glenwood Cymbidium Partners; Green Point Nurseries, Inc.; Daniel Hata dba Hata Farm; Hawaiian Anthuriums, Ltd.; Hawaiian Greenhouses, Inc.; Hawaiian Heart, Inc.; Albert Isa dba Albert Isa Nursery; Kaimu Nursery, Inc.; Kaohe Nursery; Margaret Kincaid and Peter Kincaid dba Anuenue Farms; Kona Orchids, Inc.; Alan Kuwahara dba Puna Floriculture; James Kuwahara dba James S. Kuwahara Farm; Yoso Kuwahara, Inc.; Henry Liljedahl; Malaai Partners; James McCully; Mitsuo Miyatake dba Miyatake Farms; Curtis Nakaola dba Kona Grown Nurseries; George J. Nakashima dba Nakashima Farm; Jeffrey Newman dba Newman's Nurseries; Mark K. Nozaki dba Nozaki Farms; Big Rock Anthuriums, Inc.; Patrick Oka dba Oka Nursery; Carl Okamoto dba Carl Okamoto & Lehua Tropical Flowers; Clyde Okamoto dba Ho'onanea Farms; Wade Okamoto dba Paradise Anthuriums; Ronald Okazaki and Dora Okazaki dba Lehua Anthurium Nursery; Neal Okimoto dba Pacific Paradise Orchids; Orchid Partners; Pacific Nurseries, Inc.; Polynesian Orchids & Anthuriums, Inc.; Puna Flowers & Foliage, Inc.; Sunshine Farms; George Shiroma dba G. Shiroma Farms; Masato Shiroma dba Mae's Nursery; Masao Sunada; Samuel H. Taka and Sylvia A. Taka dba S. Taka; Yoshio Takemoto, Midori Takemoto, Cary Takemoto, Morris Takemoto and Norma Takemoto dba Takemoto Farm; Fetulima Tamasese dba Pacific Kona Orchids; Harold S. Tanouye & Sons, Inc.; Henry Terada and Loraine Y. Terada dba H & L Terada Farm; Vantage Partners; Uniwai I Limited Partners; Uniwai II Limited Partners; Waiakea Partners; Dwight E. Walker, Jr. and Bernice K. Walter dba Puna Ohana Flowers; Mark Willman dba Hawai'i Orchids; Exotics Hawai'i, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
E.I. DUPONT De NEMOURS & COMPANY, Allen Teshima; and Reginald Hasegawa, Defendants-Appellants.
Supreme Court of Hawai'i.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 18, 2004.
May 18, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Warren Price, III (Kenneth T. Okamoto, Terence S. Yamamoto, and Robert S. Marks, with him on the briefs), of Price Okamoto Himeno & Lum, Honolulu, HI; and A. Stephens Clay, James F. Bogan, III, and C. Allen Garrett, Jr. (also on the briefs), of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, pro hac vice, for defendants-appellants.
Peter V.N. Esser (Melvin Y. Agena, with him on the briefs), Honolulu, HI; and Mark B. Hutton and Chan P. Townsley (also on the briefs), of Hutton & Hutton, Wichita, KS, pro hac vice, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Carl H. Osaki, Honolulu, HI; Kris A. LaGuire, Hilo, HI; Stephen T. Cox and Scott J. Allen, San Franciso, CA, pro hac vice; and A. Camden Lewis, Columbia, SC, pro hac vice, on the brief, for amicus curiae David Matsuura, individually and dba Orchid Isle Nursery, and Stephen Matsuura, individually and dba Hawaiian Dendrobium Farm.
MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, RAMIL, and ACOBA, JJ.
Supreme Court of Hawai'i.
Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.
The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, the Honorable Ronald Ibarra presiding, submitted the following reserved question to this court pursuant to Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 15 (2000):1 "Is the doctrine of nonmutual offensive issue preclusion recognized under Hawai'i law, and, if so, what standards govern its application?" Nonmutual offensive issue preclusion "occurs when the plaintiff...
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