The return trip of the “Hawaii Superferry” case, Sierra Club v. Dep’t of Trans., No. 29035 (visit our page with all resources on the case here), to the Hawaii Supreme Court at first gloss presents a somewhat metaphysical question: when is duly enacted legislation which on its surface appears to be of general applicability, really meant for a single beneficiary?
This has been the debate thus far on whether “Act 2,” the statute enacted after the Hawaii Supreme Court held in ————————–, that the State Department of Transportation’s exemption of the Hawaii Superferry from detailed environmental review violated the Hawaii Environmental Policy Act, Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 343.