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Home » US Law » 2021 Tennessee Code » Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions » Chapter 25 - Trade Practices » Part 1 - Trusts—unlawful Restraint of Trade and Discrimination

§ 47-25-102. Price Fixing Agreements Unlawful and Void

Any arrangements, contracts, and agreements that may be made by any corporation or person, or by and between its agents and subagents, to sell and market its products and articles, manufactured in this state, or imported into this state, to any producer or consumer at prices reduced below the cost of production or importation into […]

§ 47-25-104. Charter Forfeiture, or Exclusion of Foreign Corporations, for Violations

Any corporation chartered under the laws of the state which violates any of the provisions of either § 47-25-101 or § 47-25-102 shall thereby forfeit its charter and its franchise, and its corporate existence shall thereupon cease. Every foreign corporation which commits such a violation is denied the right to do, and is prohibited from […]

§ 47-25-105. Liability for Debts of Trust, Etc

All persons and corporations, and the officers and the stockholders of all corporations, that become or continue to be members of, or in any way connected with or concerned in, any such trust, contract, agreement, or combination, shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all the debts, obligations, and liabilities of each and every […]

§ 47-25-106. Recovery of Consideration as Remedy for Damages

Any person who is injured or damaged by any such arrangement, contract, agreement, trust, or combination described in this part may sue for and recover, in any court of competent jurisdiction, from any person operating such trust or combination, the full consideration or sum paid by the person for any goods, wares, merchandise, or articles, […]

§ 47-25-107. Civil Actions Under §§ 47-25-101 — 47-25-106 — Evidence

Upon the trial of any civil action against any person for a violation of any of the provisions of §§ 47-25-101 — 47-25-106, all officers, stockholders, and agents of such corporation, person, or copartnership shall be competent witnesses against the defendant, as such, on trial. Such officers, stockholders, and agents may be compelled to testify […]

§ 47-25-108. Connection of Plaintiff With Trust, etc., as Defense

When action at law or suit in equity is commenced in any court, it is lawful, in the defense thereof, to plead in bar or in abatement of the action that the plaintiff, or any other person or corporation interested in the prosecution of the action, is a member or connected with, and the cause […]

§ 47-25-109. Giving Away or Underpricing Goods Prohibited — Samples Excepted

It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of manufacturing in this or any other state to give away or sell for a less price than the cost of manufacture, any manufactured article in this state, with the intent and purpose of destroying honest competition; provided, that nothing in this section shall be […]

§ 47-25-110. Agricultural Cooperatives — Monopolization or Restraint of Trade

If the commissioner of agriculture has reason to believe that any cooperative marketing association, organized or doing business in this state, under title 43, chapter 18, monopolizes or restrains trade to such an extent that the price of any agricultural product is unduly enhanced by reason thereof, the commissioner shall serve upon such association a […]

§ 47-25-111. Coal — Agreement to Restrict Output

Any person who, directly or indirectly, enters into a conspiracy or agreement with intent to limit the output of coal in this state, for the purpose of raising the price to the consumer, or to any intermediate dealer, or who enters into any conspiracy or agreement, directly or indirectly, of any nature whatsoever to so […]

§ 47-25-112. News Services, Etc. — Discrimination Prohibited

It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or any association or combination of corporations, firms, or persons, engaged in the business of buying, gathering, or accumulating information or news, or vending, supplying, distributing, or publishing information or news, to refuse to vend, supply, distribute, or publish such information or news to any person, […]