Glacier State Distribution Services, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Glacier State Distribution Services, Inc., appeals from a summary judgment dismissing its action challenging the Department of Transportation's inclusion of a "stockpiling" requirement into its bid specifications for the state's purchase of road salt. Glacier argues that the requirement — which requires 100% of the salt to be in place in Wisconsin, or at specified locations on the state's borders, by the end of the calendar year — is arbitrary and unreasonable, unnecessarily limits competition, and violates the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. We reject its arguments and…