Wallace v. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Len and Pamela Wallace (Wallaces), doing business as the Big Velvet Ranch, appeal from the findings, conclusions, and judgment of the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, denying their application for a writ of mandamus directing the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (Department) to issue a license for expansion of their game farm. We affirm.

Early in 1992, the Wallaces obtained a license from the Department for the operation of a 160-acre game farm located in Ravalli County, Montana. Over the next year, the Wallaces applied for, and received, expansion licenses…