Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-14-0000972

15-MAR-2016

10:47 AM

SCWC-14-0000972

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

ACE QUALITY FARM PRODUCTS,

LLC, a Hawai'i Limited Liability Company; WESTERN SALES TRADING COMPANY, INC., a Guam corporation,

Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

ERIC HAHN dba AQUARIUS ENDEAVORS,

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant,

and

7D FOOD INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Philippine corporation,

Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(CAAP-14-0000972; CIV. NO. 09-1-0351)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Nakasone, in place of McKenna, J., recused)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on February 3, 2016, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 15, 2016. Francis T. O’Brien /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama Cynthia A. Farias and Mark S. Hamilton for /s/ Richard W. Pollack respondent

/s/ Michael D. Wilson

/s/ Karen T. Nakasone