(a) As used in this chapter, the term “person” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, partnership, business association, or any other legal entity.
(b) The purpose of this chapter is to promote the unhampered freedom of commerce and industry throughout the District of Columbia by prohibiting restraints of trade and monopolistic practices.
(Mar. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 3-169, § 2, 27 DCR 5368.)
1981 Ed., § 28-4501.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 28 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]
Chapter 45 - Restraints of Trade
§ 28–4501. Definition and purpose
§ 28–4502. Contract, combination, or conspiracy to restrain trade
§ 28–4505. Civil investigative demand
§ 28–4506. Criminal enforcement by the District of Columbia
§ 28–4507. Damages and injunctive relief for injuries to or within the District of Columbia
§ 28–4508. Relief for private parties
§ 28–4509. Indirect purchasers
§ 28–4510. Judgment in favor of the District of Columbia as prima facie evidence
§ 28–4511. Limitations on actions
§ 28–4512. Assurance of discontinuance
§ 28–4513. Cooperation with federal government and states
§ 28–4514. Remedies cumulative