GMP Hawaii Inc v Derivative and Otherwise Related Litigants [2011] GUSC 20; 2011 Guam 20 (17 November 2011)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF GUAM

MAEDA PACIFIC CORPORATION,
Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

GMP HAWAII, INC., et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.

and

DERIVATIVE AND OTHERWISE RELATED LITIGANTS

Supreme Court Case No.: CRQ10-001

OPINION

Filed: November 17, 2011

Cite as: 2011 Guam 20

Certified Question from the United States District Court for the District of Guam
Argued and submitted July 6, 2011
Hagåtña, Guam

Appearing for Plaintiff-Appellant Maeda Pacific Corp.: Lawrence J. Teker, Esq. Samuel S. Teker, Esq. Teker Torres & Teker, P.C. Ste 2-A, 130 Aspinall Ave. Hagåtña, GU 96910 John Spencer Stewart, Esq. Thomas A. Larkin, Esq. Stewart Sokol & Gray, L.L.C. 2300 SW First Ave, Ste 200 Portland, OR 97201

Appearing for Defendant-Appellee GMP Hawaii, Inc., Ohio Pacific Tech., Inc., and Lexington Insurance Co.: Arthur B. Clark, Esq. Arne David Wagner, Esq. Dawn Renee Payne, Esq. Jay D. Trickett, Esq. Janalynn Cruz Damian, Esq. Calvo & Clark, L.L.P. 259 Martyr St., Ste 100 Hagåtña, GU 96910 Appearing for Defendant-Appellee Jorgensen & Close Associates, Inc. and U.S. Specialty Insurance Co.: Randall Todd W. Thompson, Esq. Mair, Mair, Spade & Thompson, L.L.C. Ste 801, DNA Bldg. 238 Archbishop F.C. Flores St. Hagåtña, GU 96910 Appearing for Defendant-Appellee Smithbridge Guam, Inc.: Thomas M. Tarpley, Jr., Esq. Thomas McKee Tarpley, P.C. Ste 904, GCIC Bldg. 414 W Soledad Ave., Hagåtña, GU 96910

BEFORE: F. PHILIP CARBULLIDO, Chief Justice; ROBERT J. TORRES, Associate Justice; KATHERINE A. MARAMAN, Associate Justice.

CARBULLIDO, C.J.:

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