Rozel Corp. v. Department of Public Service Regulation

Rozel Corporation appeals a May 6, 1986, order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, which upheld a final order of the Public Service Commission (PSC). The PSC final order denied Rozel’s application to begin a garbage service in the Bozeman area. We affirm the District Court.

Rozel presents two issues for our review:

1. Did the District Court err in holding that the PSC’s regulation of entry into the garbage-hauling business, without regulation of rates, did not violate the “Unfair Trade Practices” statutes, Title 30, Chap. 14, Parts 1 and 2, MCA?

2. As applied to the…