Earle A. Partington v. Joseph Gedan & Howard T. Chang, Jeffrey Lau & Earle A. Partington v. Herman T.F. Lum, Edward H. Nakamura, Frank D. Padgett, Yoshimi Hayashi, James H. Wakatsuki, Jeremy T. Harrison, Charlene M. Norris, Joseph M. Gedan & Mark J. Bennett

961 F.2d 852 22 Fed.R.Serv.3d 580 , 74 Ed. Law Rep. 55 Earle A. PARTINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joseph GEDAN & Howard T. Chang, Defendants-Appellees. Jeffrey LAU & Earle A. Partington, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Herman T.F. LUM, Edward H. Nakamura, Frank D. Padgett, Yoshimi Hayashi, James H. Wakatsuki, Jeremy T. Harrison, Charlene M. Norris, Joseph M. Gedan & Mark J. Bennett, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 90-15942, 91-15194. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 5, 1991. Decided April 14, 1992. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc July 2, 1992. Earle A. Partington, Partington & Foley, and Karen A. Essene, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant Earle A. Partington. Earle A. Partington, Partington & Foley, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant Jeffrey J. Lau. Paul Alston, Peter Hsieh, Special Deputy Attys. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees Herman T. Lum, Edward H. Nakamura, Frank D. Padgett, Yoshimi Hayashi, James H. Wakatsuki, and Jeremy T. Harrison. Stanley E. Levin, Special Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee Charlene Norris. Steven S. Michaels, Girard D. Lau,…