Kunimoto v. Kawakami

In an original proceeding before this Court, 1 Allan R. Kunimoto, Jean M. Kunimoto, George T. Nekota and Merle H. Nekota, homeowners (petitioners), filed a Petition for Writ of Prohibition, seeking to prohibit the Honorable Norito Kawakami, circuit judge, first judicial court, the presiding judge, and the State of Hawaii (respondents) from taking further action in Civil No. 39967, a civil action in eminent domain instituted by respondent-State of Hawaii (State) against the petitioners.

In response to the petition, we issued an Alternative Writ of Prohibition forbidding the respondents from…