Once again we round-up the stats for the Hawaii appellate courts for the previous month.
In the month of November 2012, 84 opinions and orders were issued by the courts, down from 98 in October. The following is a break-down of how the numbers fell:
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Hawaii Supreme Court |
Intermediate Court of Appeals |
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Opinions |
1 |
2 |
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Memorandum Opinions |
7 |
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Summary Disposition Orders |
24 |
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Orders Granting Reconsideration |
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Orders Denying Reconsideration |
2 + 4 dismissed |
5 |
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Dismissal Orders – Lack of Jurisdiction |
7 |
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Dismissal Orders – HRAP 30 |
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4 |
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Dismissal Orders - Other |
6 |
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Misc. Orders |
5 |
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Writs of Cert Accepted |
6 |
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Writs of Cert Rejected |
7 + 1 dismissed |
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Mandamus Grants |
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Mandamus Denials |
3 |
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FOF/COL/Judgment |
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HAWSCT judges issuing separate opinions this month:
Justice Acoba issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part from an order accepting cert in State v. Shyanguya here, and a dissenting opinion from an order denying reconsideration in Tierney v. State here.
HAWSCT judges issuing separate opinions this month:
Judge Reifurth issued a dissenting opinion from a SDO in State v. Million here.
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A few observations about this month’s stats:
(1) The decrease in the total number of opinions issued this month as compared to last month is due, in part, with the greater than average number of published opinions issued last month by the HAWSCT;
(2) The number of cert applications disposed of is once again showing a sustained double digit amount;
(3) Family law and criminal law continue to be the subject matter of most of the cert applications disposed of by the HAWSCT;
(4) TIME TO DISPOSITION:
For ICA opinions, we track the time from the date the merit panel is assigned. For HAWSCT opinions, we track the time from the date a cert application (or application to transfer or other direct appeal) is filed. The time to disposition for transfer application to the HAWSCT is generally longer than for cert applications because the parties must brief the case (if the briefing has not already been submitted to the ICA prior to transfer). For a more detailed explanation on time to disposition visit our post on the topic here.
HAWSCT Opinions
State v. Gonzalez
Transfer Application = 06/27/12
Disposition = 11/28/2012
Total time = 5 months
ICA Opinions
State v. Clemente
Notice of Appeal = 01/14/2011
Merit Panel = 11/21/2011 (sub. j. 01/23/2012)
Disposition = 11/30/2012
Total time = 12 months
Dancil v. Arakawa
Notice of Appeal = 12/2/2011
Merit Panel = 07/17/2012
Disposition = 11/16/2012
Total time = 4 months
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