Home/Case Law/Ninth Circuit/Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujoka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Fujioka Investment Company Donald Corbin Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Tetsuo Tsutsuse Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Iwao Watanabe Hirotoshi Yamamoto Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Pyramid Investment Co. Norman N. Inaba, Trustee for Shari Y. Inaba and Daryl H. Inaba Chuck G. Shima Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Maurice Karamatsu Masayuki Tokioka Frank Ogawa Tom Kobuchi H.M. Sakoda Myrtle Wong Hee, Personal Representative for the Estate of Ng Sheong Hee Mrs. Albert Inaba Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, and Damon, Key, Char & Bocken, a Law Corporation v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujioka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu
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No. 515791
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujoka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Fujioka Investment Company Donald Corbin Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Tetsuo Tsutsuse Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Iwao Watanabe Hirotoshi Yamamoto Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Pyramid Investment Co. Norman N. Inaba, Trustee for Shari Y. Inaba and Daryl H. Inaba Chuck G. Shima Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Maurice Karamatsu Masayuki Tokioka Frank Ogawa Tom Kobuchi H.M. Sakoda Myrtle Wong Hee, Personal Representative for the Estate of Ng Sheong Hee Mrs. Albert Inaba Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, and Damon, Key, Char & Bocken, a Law Corporation v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujioka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu
No. 515791 · Decided December 14, 1988
No. 515791·Ninth Circuit · 1988·
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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December 14, 1988
Citation
No. 515791
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Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujoka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Fujioka Investment Company Donald Corbin Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Tetsuo Tsutsuse Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Iwao Watanabe Hirotoshi Yamamoto Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Pyramid Investment Co. Norman N. Inaba, Trustee for Shari Y. Inaba and Daryl H. Inaba Chuck G. Shima Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Maurice Karamatsu Masayuki Tokioka Frank Ogawa Tom Kobuchi H.M. Sakoda Myrtle Wong Hee, Personal Representative for the Estate of Ng Sheong Hee Mrs. Albert Inaba Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, and Damon, Key, Char & Bocken, a Law Corporation v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujioka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu is a decision of the Ninth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujoka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, Plaintiff v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Fujioka Investment Company Donald Corbin Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Tetsuo Tsutsuse Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Iwao Watanabe Hirotoshi Yamamoto Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Pyramid Investment Co. Norman N. Inaba, Trustee for Shari Y. Inaba and Daryl H. Inaba Chuck G. Shima Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Maurice Karamatsu Masayuki Tokioka Frank Ogawa Tom Kobuchi H.M. Sakoda Myrtle Wong Hee, Personal Representative for the Estate of Ng Sheong Hee Mrs. Albert Inaba Edward Yoshimasu, Great Hawaiian Financial Corporation, a Hawaii Corporation, and Damon, Key, Char & Bocken, a Law Corporation v. Benjamin Aiu Leslie Berger Dr. Donald Corbin Fujioka Investment Company Iwao Kamemoto Minoru Kanda Minoru Kimura Kenichi Kondo Clarence Kusumoto Takeichi Miyashiro Toshiko Mizuha Richard Nakahara Noboru Nakasone Hideshi Niimi Yoshi Nishimura Yukitsugu Nishimura Norman Okamura Kinzo Okumura Roy Shigemura Kazuto Shimizu Carl Shinoda Kazuaki Tanaka Masakazu Tanaka Tetsuo Tsutsuse Gordon Uyeda, Trustee for Stacey Uyeda Iwao Watanabe Francis Ako Pyramid Investment Co. Maurice Karamatsu Frank Ogawa H.M. Sakoda Franklin Tokioka Lionel Tokioka Masayuki Tokioka Chuck G. Shima Rodney Y. Inaba Paiko, Inc. Robert Oshiro Mrs. Albert Inaba Masaru Uyeda Hirotoshi Yamamoto Edward Yoshimasu in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on December 14, 1988.
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