ELR Citation: ELR 20294
No(s). 05-16545 (9th Cir. Nov 28, 2007)

The Ninth Circuit held that a company's federal license allowing it to transport up to 12 passengers in "coastwise trade" off the coast of Maui as part of its parasailing business does not preempt Hawaii law prohibiting parasailing during limited portions of the year to protect mating humpback whale...