maui gmo motion for summary judgment

BRONSTER HOSHIBATA A Law Corporation MARGERY S. BRONSTER 4750 REX Y. FUJICHAKU 7198 DONNA C. MARRON 9667 1003 Bishop Street, Suite 2300 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813

Telephone: (808) 524-5644 Facsimile: (808) 599-1881 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs ROBERT ITO FARM, INC.; HAWAII FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, MAUI COUNTY; MOLOKAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; and AGRIGENETICS, INC.

ALSTON HUNT FLOYD & ING A Law Corporation KENNETH S. ROBBINS 1000 PAUL ALSTON 1126 J. BLAINE ROGERS 8606 NICKOLAS A. KACPROWSKI 8627 MICHELLE N. COMEAU 9550 1001 Bishop Street, Suite 1800 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813 Telephone: (808) 524-1800 Facsimile: (808) 524-4591 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

PHILIP PERRY (pro hac vice) ANDREW D. PRINS (pro hac vice) Latham & Watkins LLP 555 Eleventh Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, D.C. 20004-1304 Telephone: (202) 637-2200 Facsimile: (202) 637-2201 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs MONSANTO COMPANY; CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI; FRIENDLY ISLE AUTO PARTS & SUPPLIES, INC.; NEW HORIZON ENTERPRISES, INC. dba MAKOA TRUCKING AND SERVICES and HIKIOLA COOPERATIVE

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAIʻI

ROBERT ITO FARM, INC.; HAWAII FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, MAUI COUNTY; MOLOKAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; MONSANTO COMPANY; AGRIGENETICS, INC.; CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI; FRIENDLY ISLE AUTO PARTS & SUPPLIES, INC.; NEW HORIZON ENTERPRISES, INC. dba MAKOA TRUCKING AND SERVICES; and HIKIOLA COOPERATIVE, Plaintiffs, vs. COUNTY OF MAUI, Defendant, and ALIKA ATAY; LORRIN PANG; MARK SHEEHAN; BONNIE MARSH; LEIʻOHU RYDER; and

SHAKA MOVEMENT, Intervenor-Defendants.

CV 14-00511 SOM-BMK PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CLAIMS 1, 2, AND 4; MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CLAIMS 1, 2, AND 4; CERTIFICATE OF WORD COUNT; CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON CLAIMS 1, 2, and 4


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Plaintiffs ROBERT ITO FARM, INC.; HAWAI‘I FARM BUREAU

FEDERATION, MAUI COUNTY; MOLOKAI CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE; MONSANTO COMPANY; AGRIGENETICS, INC.;

CONCERNED CITIZENS OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI; FRIENDLY ISLE

AUTO PARTS & SUPPLIES, INC.; NEW HORIZON ENTERPRISES,

INC. dba MAKOA TRUCKING AND SERVICES; and HIKIOLA

COOPERATIVE (“Plaintiffs”), by and through their counsel, move for

summary judgment on Claims 1, 2 and 4 of the Complaint.

Respectively, these claims assert that the ballot initiative approved

by the voters on November 4, 2014 banning the growing of GE crops

is unlawful due to: 1) its preemption by federal law; 2) its preemption

by state law; and 3) its multiple violations of the Maui County

Charter and related state law.

Each claim, on its own, invalidates the ballot initiative and

renders the resulting ordinance unenforceable as a matter of law.

There are no disputed issues of material fact.

This Motion is brought pursuant to Rules 7 and 56 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and LR 56.1 of the Local Rules of

Practice for the United States District Court for the District of

Hawai‘i, and is based on the attached Memorandum, Separate and


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CV 14-00511 SOM-BMK CERTIFICATE OF WORD COUNT






CV 14-00511 SOM-BMK CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE


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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that true and correct copies of the

foregoing document were duly served upon filing on the following

parties at their last known addresses in the manner specified below:

Electronically through CM/ECF: PATRICK WONG [email protected] MOANA M. LUTEY [email protected]

CALEB P. ROWE [email protected] KRISTIN K. TARNSTROM [email protected] Department of the Corporation Counsel County of Maui

200 S. High St. Kalana O Maui Building, 3rd Floor Wailuku, HI 96793

Attorneys for Defendant COUNTY OF MAUI KAREN L. HOLMA [email protected] MICHAEL C. CARROLL [email protected] SHARON A. LIM [email protected] Bays Lung Rose & Holma Topa Financial Tower 700 Bishop Street, Suite 900 Honolulu, Hawaiʻi 96813

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants Alika Atay, Lorrin Pang, Mark Sheehan, Bonnie Marsh, Leiʻohu Ryder, and

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