Albertson's Inc. v. Department of Business Regulation

The question in this appeal is whether the Montana Milk Control Act prohibits a retail grocery chain from purchasing raw milk from a licensed Montana milk distributor, transporting it to its Wyoming plant for processing, and distributing it to its Montana stores for retail sale under its private brand name. The District Court held this proposed activity permissible. We affirm.

Albertson’s is a food chain with six retail stores in Montana at the time this controversy arose. It proposed to purchase raw milk from the Gallatin Cooperative Creamery in Bozeman, Montana. This creamery is licensed as…