WILL HAWAI`I HIGH COURT GROUND THE SUPERFERRY?
Illegal Operation Without Environmental Impact Statement Is Focus
An attorney for three Maui groups told the Hawai`i Supreme Court Thursday that a law permitting the Hawai`i Superferry to operate while an environmental impact study is conducted is unconstitutional.
Isaac Hall’s arguments came as the high court heard a legal challenge to special legislation passed by the Hawai`i Legislature in October 2007.
Hall, representing the Sierra Club, Maui Tomorrow and the Kahului Harbor Coalition, said the legislation, called Act 2, benefited only a single entity.
“Act 2 was conceived, cut and tailored for Hawai`i Superferry alone,” he said. “That’s what this [case] is about.”
