Legal Opinion · Dissent
In Re Island Hi-Speed Ferry, LLC.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 23, 2004No. 2002-512-M.P., 2002-513-M.PPublished
1DissentFlanders, Justice
I respectfully disagree with the majority’s conclusion that this petition is moot. Merely by issuing a new rate-setting order in 2003 for Island Hi-Speed Ferry (Hi-Speed) — one that continued in effect Hi-Speed’s challenged rates for the previous 2002 season9 — the Public Utilities Com*530mission (commission) did not moot the issues that Interstate Navigation Company (Interstate) and the Town of New Shore-ham (town) have raised with us in this statutory certiorari petition.
The petition asks us to review the propriety of a 2002 commission rate order pertaining to Interstate’s competitor, Hi-Speed,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States Parole Commission v. GeraghtySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sullivan v. ChafeeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1997
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Junkins v. BranstadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
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