                                                       Electronically Filed
                                                       Supreme Court
                                                       SCAP-16-0000496
                                                       21-FEB-2018
                                                       02:56 PM
                           SCAP-16-0000496

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
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          RICHARD NELSON III, KALIKO CHUN, JAMES AKIONA, SR.,
         SHERILYN ADAMS, KELII IOANE, JR., and CHARLES AIPIA,
                 Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants,

                                 vs.

   HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME
  LANDS, JOBIE MASAGATANI, in her official capacity as Chair of
the Hawaiian Homes Commission, WILLIAM K. RICHARDSON, MICHAEL P.
    KAHIKINA, DOREEN NAPUA GOMES, GENE ROSS DAVIS, WALLACE A.
 ISHIBASHI, DAVID B. KAAPU, and WREN WESCOATT, in their official
     capacities as members of the Hawaiian Homes Commission,
              Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellees,

                                 and

 WESLEY MACHIDA, in his official capacity as the State Director
              of Finance, and the STATE OF HAWAII,
             Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
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          APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                 (CAAP-16-0000496; CIV. NO. 07-1-1663)

              ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
  (By:    Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.,
               with Wilson, J., dissenting separately)

            Upon consideration of the Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-

Appellants’ motion for reconsideration, filed February 15, 2018,

the Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellees’ joinder thereto,
filed February 16, 2018, and the record herein,

         IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is denied.

         DATED:     Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 21, 2018.

                              /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                              /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                              /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                              /s/ Richard W. Pollack




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