HAWAII VENTURES, LLC v. OTAKA, INC.

Nos. 25344, 26820.

173 P.3d 1122 (2007)

HAWAII VENTURES, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. OTAKA, INC.; Takao Building Co., Ltd., formerly known as Takao Building Development Co., Ltd.; K.K. Kaini Seven, Yukio Takahashi; Hawaiian Waikiki Beach, Inc.; Alaka`i Mechanical Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Company; Hawaii Energy Management Co., LLC., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Business Management Group, Inc.; Beach Snack Express, Inc.; John Does 1-50; Jane Does 1-50; Doe Partnerships 1-50; Doe Corporations 2-50; Doe Entities 1-50; and Doe Governmental Units 1-50, Defendants, and ILWU Local 142 AFL-CIO, and Theodore H. Smyth, Trustee, Smyth Family Trusts, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Argonaut Insurance Company, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee, and Otaka, Inc. and Hawaiian Waikiki Beach, Inc., Counterclaimants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Leucadia National Corporation, Additional Counterclaim Defendant. Patricia Kim Park, Receiver-Appellee/Cross-Appellee. Hawaii Ventures, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Otaka, Inc.; Takao Building Co., Ltd., formerly known as Takao Building Development Co., Ltd.; K.K. Kaini Seven, Yukio Takahashi; Hawaiian Waikiki Beach, Inc., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Alaka`i Mechanical Corporation; Hewlett-Packard Company; Business Management Group, Inc.; Beach Snack Express, Inc.; and Hawaii Energy Management Co., LLC., Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellees, and John Does 1-50; Jane Does 1-50; Doe Partnerships 1-50; Doe Corporations 2-50; Doe Entities 1-50; and Doe Governmental Units 1-50, Defendants, and Theodore H. Smyth, Trustee, Smyth Family Trusts, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, and ILWU Local 142 AFL-CIO and Argonaut Insurance Company, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellees/Cross-Appellant, and Otaka, Inc. and Hawaiian Waikiki Beach, Inc., Counterclaimants-Appellees/Cross-Appellees, Leucadia National Corporation, Additional Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellee. Patricia Kim Park, Receiver-Appellee/Cross-Appellee. Former Employees of Hawaiian Waikiki Beach Hotel, Party In Interest-Appellee/Cross-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

November 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ke-Ching Ning and Jill D. Raznov (of Ning, Lilly & Jones), Honolulu, and Jeffrey S. Harris (of Torkildson Katz Fonseca Jaffee Moore & Hetherington), Honolulu, for Receiver Patricia Kim Park, on the request.

Stephen K.C. Mau, Susan Tius, J. Stephen Street (of Rush Moore, LLP), Honolulu, for Hawaii Ventures, LLC, in opposition.

Sheryl L. Nicholson and Pamela W. Bunn (of Paul Johnson Park & Niles), Honolulu, for Otaka, Inc., Hawaiian Waikiki Beach, Inc., Takao Building Co., Ltd., K.K. Daini Seven, and Yukio Takahashi.

Herbert R. Takahashi, Stanford H. Masui, Danny J. Vasconcellos, and Rebecca L. Covert, Honolulu, for ILWU Local 142, AFL-CIO.

Francis P. Hogan and Mi Yung C. Park (of Ashford & Wriston), Honolulu, for Theodore H. Smyth, Trustee of the Smyth Family Trusts, and Karl V. Willig, Special Litigation Trustee of the Smyth Family Trust.

Robert F. Miller, Honolulu, for Former Employees of Hawaiian Waikiki Beach Hotel.

MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ.


REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF FEES AND COSTS

Amended Opinion of the Court by MOON, C.J.

On June 19, 2007, receiver-appellee/cross-appellee Patricia Kim Park [hereinafter, the Receiver or Receiver Park] timely filed a request for reimbursement of fees and costs1 incurred by her and her retained professionals on appeal in this foreclosure/receivership case. For the reasons discussed herein, we grant in part and deny in part Receiver...

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