In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Samuel M. DAMON, Deceased.
Trust Created Under the Will of Samuel M. Damon, Deceased.
Supreme Court of Hawai`i.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 16, 2006.
As Amended February 28, 2006.
Reconsideration Denied March 9, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carroll S. Taylor, Kimo C. Leong, and Gregory W.K. Chee (of Taylor, Leong & Chee), on the briefs, Honolulu, for petitioner-appellant Michael E. Haig.
A. James Wriston, Jr., Ronda K. Kent, and Aaron M. Shumway (of Ashford & Wriston), on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondents-appellants Joan Haig and Wendy Haig.
John L. McDermott, on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondent-appellant Christopher Damon Haig.
Daniel H. Case, Steven L. Rinesmith, Frank T. Kanemitsu, and Cathy L. Takase (of Case Bigelow & Lombardi), Honolulu, and Robert E. Rowland (of Mancini, Rowland & Welch), on the briefs, for respondents-appellants Harriet D. Baldwin, Peter D. Baldwin, Bennet M. Baldwin, Katherine B. Achaval, Frances D. Holt, Daniel F. Holt, Allison H. Gendreau, and Melanie F.H. Bostock.
James H. Wright, on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondents-appellants Brendan Damon Mesker and John P. Damon.
Anthony S. Chan and Shawn B. Thompson (of Thompson & Chan), on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondents-appellees Heidi Ann Snow, Julia Ann Snow, and Frank Edward Snow.
Warren Price, III, Sharon R. Himeno, Robert A. Marks, and Robert M. Kohn (of Price Okamoto Himeno & Lum), Honolulu, William H. Soskin, pro hac vice, and Scott N. Carter, pro hac vice, on the briefs, for respondents-appellees Sharon Damon, Siddhartha Damon, and Shawnna Sorenson.
Mervyn S. Gerson, Alan J. Ma, Bruce D. Hieneman, and Kristie K. Cruz Chang (of Gerson & Hieneman), on the briefs, Honolulu, for respondents-appellees Samuel E. Damon, Samuel Renny Damon, Pia Damon Spee, Julio Damon Spee, Miles Samuel Spee, and Philip Edward Spee.
J. Thomas Van Winkle, Katherine G. Leonard, and Eric S.T. Young (of Carlsmith Ball), on the briefs, Honolulu, for trustees/respondents-appellees David M. Haig, Fred C. Weyand, Paul Mullin Ganley, and Walter A. Dods, Jr.
MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and ACOBA, JJ.; Circuit Judge WILSON, in place of DUFFY, J., Recused.
Supreme Court of Hawai`i.
Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.
The instant case involves the interpretation of a corpus distribution provision in a trust (the trust) created under the last will and testament of Samuel Mills Damon. Petitioner-appellant Michael E. Haig (M. Haig) and four groups of respondents-appellants [hereinafter, collectively, Appellants], specifically identified infra, appeal from the June 21, 2002 amended judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit, the Honorable...
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