Sunday's Child, LLC v. Irongate Azrep Bw LLC
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Plaintiffs Sunday’s Child, LLC, et al., appeal the district court’s dismissal without leave to amend. Sunday’s Child sued Defendant Irongate AZREP BW LLC (“Irongate”) after Sunday’s Child purchased four condominium units in the Trump International Hotel & Tower Waikiki Beach Walk condominium project (the “Project”). Sunday’s Child raised Hawaii state-law claims of breach of contract, conversion, tortious beach of contract, unjust enrichment, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and requested the return of all deposits paid in excess of Irongate’s actual damages in connection with the condominium purchases.
We review de novo whether a dismissal without leave to amend rests on an inaccurate view of the law and is therefore an abuse of discretion. See Smith v. Pac. Props. & Dev. Corp., 358 F.3d 1097 , 1100 (9th Cir. 2004). We review the district court’s interpretation and meaning of contract provisions de novo. Conrad v. Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 532 F.3d 1000, 1004 (9th Cir. 2008). We apply the substantive law of Hawaii to this case. Erie R.R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 78 , 58 S.Ct. 817 , 82 L.Ed. 1188 (1938). We reverse.