Tax Appeal of Travelocity.com, LP v. Dir. Taxation, SCAP-13-0002896

• Decision Date: 24 December 2013
• Docket Number: SCAP-13-0002896
• Parties: IN THE MATTER OF THE TAX APPEAL OF TRAVELOCITY.COM, LP, Petitioners/Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. DIRECTOR OF TAXATION, STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent/Appellant-Cross-Appellee.
• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

IN THE MATTER OF THE TAX APPEAL OF TRAVELOCITY.COM,LP, Petitioners/Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. DIRECTOR OF TAXATION, STATE OF HAWAI'I,Respondent/Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

SCAP-13-0002896

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

DATED: December 24, 2013

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT

(T.A. NO. 11-1-0021 AND CONSOLIDATED CASES:

11-1-0022, 11-1-0023, 11-1-0026, 11-1-0027, 11-1-0029,

11- 1-0030, 11-1-0031, 11-1-0032, 11-1-0033, 12-1-0287,

12- 1-0288, 12-1-0289, 12-1-0292, 12-1-0293, 12-1-0294,

12-1-0295, 12-1-0297, 12-1-0299, and 12-1-0300)

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFER

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.,

and Circuit Judge Lee, in place of Acoba, J., recused.)

Upon consideration of the applications for transfer filed by the ten online travel companies¹ and the Director of Taxation for the State of Hawai'i, on December 2, 2013, the respective responses, and the record,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the applications for transfer are granted pursuant to HRS §§ 602-58(a)(1) and 602-58(b)(1) (Supp. 2012). This case is transferred to the supreme court effective the date of this order.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 24, 2013.

Mark E. Recktenwald

Richard W. Pollack

Paula A. Nakayama

Sabrina S. McKenna

Randal K.O. Lee

1. The ten online travel companies include Expedia, Inc., Hotels.com, L.P., Hotwire, Inc., Travelocity.com LP, Site59.com, LLC, Orbitz, LLC, Trip Network, Inc. (d/b/a Cheaptickets.com), Internetwork Publishing Corp. (d/b/a Lodging.com), Priceline.com, Incorporated, and Travelweb LLC.