Kucera v. Department of Transportation

Petitioners Department of Transportation, Washington State Ferries, Kitsap County, and the City of *203Bremerton seek relief from a preliminary injunction limiting the speed of a passenger ferry the Chinook, along a portion of its run pending compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), chapter 43.21C RCW. We granted petitioners’ motion for direct discretionary review to consider whether the trial court properly granted injunctive relief pending compliance with SEPA.

We hold the trial court improperly disregarded the established prerequisites for issuance of a preliminary injunction…