Mauna Kea Anaina Hou v. University of Hawai‘i Institute for Astronomy

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29032 27-OCT-2011 10:08 AM

NO. SCWC-29032

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU, ROYAL ORDER OF KAMEHAMEHA I, SIERRA CLUB, HAWAII CHAPTER and CLARENCE CHING, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, vs.

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI#I INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, and

BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, HARRY FERGESTROM, and HAWAI#I ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD, INC., Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29032; CIV. NO. 04-1-0397)

AMENDED ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J. Nakayama, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ. and Circuit Judge Ahn, in place of Acoba, J., recused) Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Sierra Club, Hawai#i Chapter and Clarence Ching’s application for writ of certiorari filed on September 14, 2011, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, October 27, 2011.

Paul Alston, Blake Oshiro and /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Shannon M.I. Lau of Alston

Hunt Floyd & Ing and Dexter K. /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Kaiama for petitioners on the application /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. David M. Louie, Attorney /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna General of Hawai#i, Robert T.

Nakatsuji and Deirdre Marie- /s/ Karen S. S. Ahn Iha, Deputy Solicitors

General, for respondent Board of Land and Natural Resources on the response

Darolyn H. Lendio, University

General Counsel, Bruce Y.

Matsui, Office of the General

Counsel, and Lisa Woods

Munger, Lisa A. Bail and

Abigail M. Holden of Goodsill

Anderson Quinn & Stifel for respondent University of

Hawai#i Institute for

Astronomy on the response