Brown v. State Milk Commission

Wilmer W. Brown made application to the State Milk Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, for a limited general distributor’s license on the Harrisonburg milk market. In accordance with the usual procedure, the Commission referred the application to the Harrisonburg Milk Board for recommendation. The local board recommended that the application be denied for the reasons that (1) the proposed license operation cannot be justified “by any element of public need, service or benefit;” (2) the local market is adequately served by the present licensed seven distributors; (3) any…