Hawaiian Airlines, Ltd. v. Public Utilities Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MARUMOTO, J.

This is a submission on agreed facts by Hawaiian Airlines, Limited, a corporation engaged in the operation of an aerial transportation enterprise as a common carrier, and Public Utilities Commission of the Territory of Hawaii, a regulatory body having general supervision of all public utilities as defined in R.L.H. 1955, § 104-1.

The precise question for decision is whether Hawaiian Airlines is liable for the payment to the commission of the fees charged against it as a public utility under R.L.H. 1955, % 104-27, in July 1957. The answer to that question…