Friends of Makakilo v. D.R. Horton-Schuler Homes, LLC

Opinion of the Court by

McKENNA, J.

I. Introduction

Petitioner/Intervenor/Cross-Appellant-Ap-pellant Friends of Makakilo (“Friends” or “FOM”), a 501(c)(4) non-profit corporation, appeals from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit’s Final Judgment dated June 26, 2013, and filed June 27, 2013, which affirmed its November 9, 2013 Order dismissing FOM’s “cross-appeal”1 as untimely. Friends filed an Application for Transfer (“Application”) with the Court on April 2, 2014. The Court has accepted FOM’s appeal as a discretionary transfer under Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”) § 602-58 (Supp. 2013).

FOM’s…