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WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP v. KIM

SCPW-23-0000076.

537 P.3d 1154 (2023)

WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP; Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.; and Covington & Burling LLP, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Robert D.S. KIM, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, State of Hawai`i, Respondent Judge, and Marvin Manious; Valerie Manious; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Liggett Group LLC; Greenspoon Marder LLP; Foodland Super Market, Limited; J. Hara Store, Inc.; and Walmart Inc., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

October 18, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey Michael , ( Edmund K. Saffery , Deirdre Marie-Iha , Thomas J. Hughes , David M. Louie , Nicholas R. Monlux , Honolulu, Lincoln S.T. Ashida , Hilo, Thomas Benedict on the briefs) for petitioners.

Phillip Holden ( Wayne Parsons , Sergio Rufo , Alejandro Alvarez on the briefs) for respondents Marvin Manious and Valerie Manious.

Melvyn M. Miyagi , Ross T. Shinyama , Honolulu, Lisa M. Yang , Rihui Yuan , W. Randall Bassett , Spencer M. Diamond , Philip R. Green (on the briefs) for respondent R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

David M. Louie , Nicholas R. Monlux , Honolulu, Lincoln S.T. Ashida , Hilo, (on the briefs) for respondent Philip Morris USA, Inc.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., McKENNA, AND EDDINS, JJ., CIRCUIT JUDGE TONAKI IN PLACE OF NAKAYAMA, J., RECUSED, AND CIRCUIT JUDGE MALINAO, IN PLACE OF WILSON, J., RECUSED.

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Three law firms petition this court to order a judge to get them out of a case. They argue the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit lacks jurisdiction to hale them into Kona — side by side with the tobacco companies they long-counseled — in a products liability, fraud, and conspiracy suit...

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