Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-29597

28-DEC-2010

10:51 AM

NO. SCWC-29597

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

COMPUSA STORES, L.P., Respondent/Appellant-Appellant,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAI'I, DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION,

Petitioner/Appellee-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(ICA NO. 29597; TAX APPEAL CASE NO. 05-0065)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Recktenwald, J., for the court1

)

Petitioner/Appellee-Appellee State of Hawai'i, Department of Taxation’s application for writ of certiorari filed on November 22, 2010, is hereby accepted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 28, 2010.

FOR THE COURT:

Associate Justice Hugh R. Jones and Damien A. Elefante, Deputy Attorneys General, on the application for petitioner/appellee­ appellee. Ray K. Kamikawa and Leroy E. Colombe (Chun, Kerr, Dodd, Beaman & Wong) on the response for respondent/ appellant-appellant.

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Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Lee, assigned due to a vacancy.