The complaint contained claims of: (1) unfair competition and attempted monopolization in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) §§ 480-2(a) and 480-9 (1985 & Supp.1992) brought pursuant to HRS § 480-13(a) (Supp. The complaint alleged, inter alia, that appellees, acting in concert, created, operated, and/or controlled shell corporations to circumvent DAGS's bidding rules and specifications in order to: (1) gain unfair competitive advantage for Laupahoehoe and Central over other bidders (2) attempt to monopolize the school bus industry and (3) defraud the State and all prospective bidders. (T & N), and Chiaki Matsuo (collectively, appellees or defendants). (Double K), T & N Transportation Services, Inc. (Central), Double K Transportation Services, Inc. (Laupahoehoe), Central Transportation Company, Inc. (STI) filed a complaint, on April 8, 1993, against defendants-appellees Laupahoehoe Transportation Company, Inc. Plaintiffs-appellants Robert's Hawaii School Bus, Inc. The instant appeal arises from the procurement of public school buses for 1991 to 1998 by the School Bus Transportation Branch of the State of Hawai`i Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and RAMIL, JJ. Sakamoto for Defendant-Appellee T & N Transportation Services, Inc.
Ogomori, Honolulu, for Defendants-Appellees Laupahoehoe Transportation Company Inc., Central Transportation Company, Inc., Double K Transportation Services, Inc., and Nobu Shinohara, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Chiaki Matsuo Nakashima, and Jade Lynne Holck, of Alston, Hunt, Floyd & Ing for Plaintiffs-Appellants Robert's Hawaii School Bus, Inc., and Student Transportation, Inc., on the briefs, Honolulu. Reconsideration Denied September 1, 1999. and Nobu Shinohara, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Chiaki Matsuo, Defendants-Appellees, and and Student Transportation, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
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