Kaapu v. Aloha Tower Development Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, C.J.

This is an appeal from an order expunging a lis pendens. Appellant, Kekoa Kaapu, has no legitimate claim or interest in the land, and, therefore, has no standing to file a lis pendens. We affirm.

I

Appellant contested the procedures used by Aloha Tower Development Corporation, appellee, in a hearing to select a developer for the Aloha Tower project. The contest was based on lack of proper notice, failure to make the hearing a contested hearing, and also on the assertion that the Sunshine law had been violated, in that the public was not made aware of the various…