Opinion ID: 2515085
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Sierra Club's Appeal and Cross-Appeal

Text: Sierra Club states as its points of error on appeal: 1. The Circuit Court erred in granting [DOT's] and Superferry's Motions to Dissolve Injunction and Vacate Order Voiding Operating Agreement, by dissolving the permanent injunction, by vacating the Order voiding the Operating Agreement and by not ruling that Act 2 is unconstitutional..... 2. The Circuit Court erred thereafter by entering a Final Judgment dismissing the claims in Sierra Club's Complaint, as amended, as moot. On cross-appeal, Sierra Club states as its points of error: 1. The Circuit Court did not err in (a) awarding reasonable attorney's fees and costs to Sierra Club, or (b) basing the award on HRS ง 607-25 and/or the Private Attorney General Doctrine, or (c) requiring these fees and costs to be paid by [DOT] and [Superferry], or (d) requiring payment of not less than the amount of $91,712.72. [sic] at the rate of at least $200 per hour.... 2. The Circuit Court erred, however, in entering its Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Reimbursement of Reasonable Attorney's Fees and Costs by not awarding fees for that period of litigation in the Circuit Court prior to the initial Supreme Court appeal.... 3. The Circuit Court erred in entering its Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Reimbursement of Reasonable Attorney's Fees and Costs by not taking into consideration and giving weight to the documents presented by the Sierra Club on the issue of whether [DOT] or Superferry relied in good faith.... 4. The Circuit Court erred in entering its Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Reimbursement of Reasonable Attorney's Fees and Costs by not awarding fees at the modestly enhanced amount of $300.00 per hour.