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NO. 22288 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I ALFRED A. YEE, trustee in dissolution for Aiken, Inc., fka Alfred A. Yee & Associates, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant vs. VSL PRESTRESSING (GUAM), INC., a Guam corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and BLACK MICRO CORPORATION, a Saipan corporation, et al., Defendants (NO. 22288 (CIV. NO. 98-1463-03)) ----------------------------------------------------------------In re: Petition of ALFRED A. YEE, Trustee in dissolution for Aiken, Inc., fka Alfred A. Yee & Associates, Inc., Petitioner-Appellant (NO. 22628 (S.P. NO. 98-0154)) APPEALS FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT (CIV. NO. 98-1463-03 & S.P. NO. 98-0154) SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER (By: Moon, C.J., Nakayama, Ramil, and Acoba, JJ. and Intermediate Court of Appeals Judge Watanabe, in place of Levinson, J., recused) Plaintiff-appellant/petitioner-appellant Alfred A. Yee (Yee), trustee in dissolution for Aiken, Inc. (Aiken), formerly known as Alfred A. Yee & Associates, Inc., appeals from the following orders and judgments of the first circuit court: 1)

the January 12, 1999 order granting specially-appearing defendant VSL Prestressing (Guam), Inc.'s motion to dismiss Yee's complaint with prejudice filed October 15, 1998, and denying Yee's motion for summary judgment, filed September 25, 1998 (January 12, 1999 Order); and 2) the June 24, 1999 order denying Yee's bill for instructions by trustee in dissolution filed March 27, 1998 and dismissing said bill for instructions without prejudice (June 24,

1999 Order).

Both orders were entered based on "comity between

nations" and "without ruling on the merits" of the underlying motion or petition. Upon careful review of the record and the

briefs submitted by the parties and having given due consideration to the arguments made and the issues raised by the parties, we hold as follows: With respect to the suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, VSL lacks the minimum contacts necessary to bring it within the jurisdiction of Hawai#i courts. (1993). See HRS

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