# Sandomire v. Brown

> Hawaii Supreme Court · March 6, 2026

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11271729

## Case

- **Court:** Hawaii Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 6, 2026
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX
06-MAR-2026
08:23 AM
SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX Dkt. 40 ODAC

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

DANIEL M. SANDOMIRE; KATY YEN-JU CHEN; TRUDI MELOHN,
individually and as Co-Trustee under the William Charles
Melohn III Revocable Trust dated June 4, 2010 and Co-Trustee
under the Trudi Melohn Revocable Trust dated June 4, 2010; and
WILLIAM CHARLES MELOHN III, individually and as Co-Trustee
under the William Charles Melohn III Revocable Trust dated
June 4, 2010 and Co-Trustee under the Trudi Melohn Revocable
Trust dated June 4, 2010,
Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

DAVID EDWARD BROWN and LANHUA KAO BROWN,
Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CIVIL NO. 1CC151002267)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ.,
and Circuit Judge Jackson, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants David Edward Brown and
Lanhua Kao Brown’s application for writ of certiorari filed on
January 27, 2026, is rejected.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 6, 2026.
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Todd W. Eddins
/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza
/s/ Vladimir P. Devens
/s/ Kauanoe A.D. Jackson

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