In this case it's a state Funeral Board. Many times regulations exist only to line the pockets of insiders................. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...8083489852328.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_editorsPicks_2
The monks should win this. I'm no lawyer, but the sherman anti-trust act should cover this. The state funeral board is obviously acting as a monopoly, so they have no case. If i remember the law right, the monks could sue and get awarded up to $10 million based on what I remember from the sherman act.