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"A Hawaii Ferry Ends Its Choppy Ride"

"A Hawaii Ferry Ends Its Choppy Ride": Sunday's edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, "The Hawaii Superferry made its final interisland voyage last week, capping a period marked by lawsuits, low ridership and suspicion that its ultimate purpose had more to do with military contracts than with connecting the Hawaiian islands. On Monday, the State Supreme Court effectively grounded the vessel, the Alakai, when it struck down an act passed by the Legislature last year that exempted its operator, Hawaii Superferry Inc., from carrying out an environmental impact study."

Monday's ruling of the Supreme Court of Hawaii consisted of a majority opinion and a concurring and dissenting opinion.

Full post as published by How Appealing on March 21, 2009 (boomark / email).