State Supreme Court / Haw.

Awakuni v. Awana

Decided August 24, 2007. Paula A. Nakayama wrote the opinion for the court.

165 P.3d 1027 · Cited 71 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Medeiros v. Kondo · 522 P.2d 1269
Russell v. American Guild of Variety Artists · 497 P.2d 40
Aku v. Lewis · 477 P.2d 162
Breed Ex Rel. Breed v. Shaner · 562 P.2d 436
French v. Hawaii Pizza Hut, Inc. · 99 P.3d 1046
Tagawa v. Maui Publishing Co. · 427 P.2d 79
Carter v. Dept. of Veterans Affairs · 135 P.3d 637
Bank of Hawaii v. Kunimoto · 984 P.2d 1198
State v. Arceo · 928 P.2d 843
In Re Water Use Permit Applications · 9 P.3d 409
Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union v. Keka · 11 P.3d 1
Coon v. City and County of Honolulu · 47 P.3d 348
TSA International Ltd. v. Shimizu Corp. · 990 P.2d 713
Citizens Against Reckless Development v. Zoning Board of Appeals · 114 Haw. 184
GECC Financial Corp. v. Jaffarian · 904 P.2d 530
Office of Hawaiian Affairs v. State · 133 P.3d 767
In Re Peterson v. Hawaii Electric Light Co. · 944 P.2d 1265
Rogers v. State · 459 P.2d 378
Hearst v. Ganzi · 52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 473
Tseu Ex Rel. Hobbs v. Jeyte · 962 P.2d 344
Kau v. City and County of Honolulu · 92 P.3d 477
Taylor-Rice v. State · 94 P.3d 659
State v. Levi · 75 P.3d 1173
Dowsett v. Hawaiian Trust Company · 393 P.2d 89
City of Colorado Springs v. Powell · 156 P.3d 461

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