Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29210 28-DEC-2011 11:11 AM

NO. SCWC-29210

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII

CFI INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Respondent/Plaintiff/Appellant,

vs.

HAMAKUA COAST REALTY, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, and DENIS FERRARI, Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees,

and

ERNEST B. TEXEIRA, and ALA KAI REALTY, INC., a Hawaii Corporation, Respondents/Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs/Appellees,

and

TEX INC., a Hawaii Corporation, et al., Respondent/Defendant/Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29210; CIV. NO. 06-1-0380 (HILO)) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ., and Circuit Court Judge Sakamoto, in place of Acoba, J., recused)

Petitioners/Defendants/Appellees Hamakua Coast Realty,

Inc., and Denis Ferrari’s petition for writ of certiorari, filed

on November 21, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, December 28, 2011.

Sidney K. Ayabe and /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Ronald T. Michioka (Ayabe, Chong, Nishimoto, /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Sia & Nakamura) for petitioners/defendants/ /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. appellees on the petition. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Douglas L. Halsted, for respondent/plaintiff/ /s/ Karl K. Sakamoto appellant on the opposition.