Dean Foods Co. v. Brancel

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

Plaintiff Dean Foods Company, an Illinois milk processor, seeks declaratory and injunc-tive relief preventing defendant Ben Brancel from applying Wisconsin administrative rules regulating milk processors to purchases of Wisconsin milk that take place out of state. Suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, plaintiff contends that the United States Constitution’s commerce clause bars defendant from trying to stop plaintiff from paying “volume premiums” to Wisconsin farmers who deliver large volumes of milk directly to plaintiffs Illinois processing plants. Plaintiff…