Legal Opinion
Ek v. Boggs
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided August 29, 2003No. 22798PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
ACOBA, J.
We hold that the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (the court) had the authority to declare Plaintiff-Appellant William Ek (Ek) a vexatious litigant pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 634J-1 (1993) 1 and did not abuse its discretion in entering a prefiling order under HRS § 634J-7(a) (1993), 2 preventing Ek from filing any “new litigation” without leave of a presiding judge in the instant case or in any future cases.
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On June 1, 1998, Ek filed a complaint for specific performance and damages (the complaint) and a notice of pendency of action (NOPA)…
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