Matsuura v. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Certified Questions from the United State District Court). Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba .

State: Hawaii

Court: Court of Appeals

Docket No: 24355

Case Date: 07/29/2003

Plaintiff: Matsuura

Defendant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (Certified Questions from the United State District Court). Con

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I ---o0o--DAVID MATSUURA, Individually and dba ORCHID ISLE NURSERY, and STEPHEN MATSUURA, Individually and dba HAWAIIAN DENDROBIUM FARM, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. E. I. du PONT de NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

NO. 24355 CERTIFIED QUESTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT (USDC CIV. NO. 96-1180 (DAE/LEK)) JULY 29, 2003 MOON, C.J., LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and RAMIL,1 JJ., ACOBA, J., CONCURRING AND DISSENTING, SEPARATELY OPINION OF THE COURT BY MOON, C.J. The United States District Court for the District of Hawai#i (U.S. district court), the Honorable David Alan Ezra presiding, certified the following questions of Hawai#i law to this court, pursuant to Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 13 (2001):2

1 Associate Justice Ramil, who heard oral argument in this case, retired from the bench on December 30, 2002. See Hawai#i Revised Statutes (HRS)

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