Full Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 16-OCT-2026 12:05 PM Dkt. 11 ODAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I NAOMI HASEGAWA; ATSUSHI MORITA; KASUMI ISHIDA; TATSUTO EHARA; MAKOTO ISHIDA; HUN-DONG YU; TAO JIANG; WEI JIANG; XIUJUAN LI; SONGHUA ZHANG; YIHAO XU; RUIGANG TAN, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants, and YANLI XU; LILI WU; CHUANJIAO YU; TIANGE YANG; XIAOMIN HUANG; PINMEI WANG; XIAOHUI WU; YUYANG JING; LI WANG; DONG ZHANG; KE YUAN; WEI WANG; JING LIU, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. ZHONG FANG AKA JOHNSON FANG; MIN HU AKA MICHELLE HU; ZHE FANG AKA JAY FANG; YUJIA WANG AKA JIAJIA WANG; LAMEI FANG; USA REALTY CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC.; CALIFORNIA INVESTMENT REGIONAL CENTER LLC; CALIFORNIA REGIONAL CENTER LLC; AMERICAN INVESTMENT IMMIGRATION FUND; WUHAN WESTERN U.S. INVESTMENT IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT INC, Respondents/Defendants-Appellants, and HAWAII CITY PLAZA LP; HAWAII OCEAN PLAZA LP, Petitioners/Defendants/Appellants. ----------------------------------- LOS ANGELES CITY PLAZA LP; LA VALLEY GARDEN PLAZA LP; 9920 VALLEY BLVD LP; HAWAII OCEAN PLAZA LLC, Respondents/Defendant-Appellees, and DAVID R. SQUERI; SOL V. YI; GREATER PACIFIC LAW OFFICE LLC, Respondents/Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs/ Third-Party Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees, vs. WEN SHENG GAO; LAW OFFICE OF WEN SHENG GAO LIMITED LIABILITY LAW COMPANY, Respondents/Third-Party Defendants/ Third-Party Counterclaimants-Appellants, and JUNSUKE AARON OTSUKA; OTSUKA & ASSOCIATES, A LIMITED LIABILITY LAW COMPANY, Respondents/Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees. ___________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NOS. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX, 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX, 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Devens, C.J., McKenna, Eddins, and Ginoza, JJ., and Circuit Judge Costa, assigned by reason of vacancy) Petitioners Hawaiʻi City Plaza LP and Hawaiʻi Ocean Plaza LP’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on August 18, 2026, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, October 16, 2026. /s/ Vladimir P. Devens /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Brian A. Costa 2