Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection
Chapter 325D — Restraint Of Trade

Section 325D.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or...

Section 325D.02 — Application. - Section 325D.03 shall apply only to the manufacture, production, or...

Section 325D.03 — Discrimination Unlawful. - Any person, partnership, firm, or corporation, foreign or domestic, doing...

Section 325D.04 — Selling Below Cost Forbidden. - Any retailer, wholesaler, subjobber or vending machines operator engaged in...

Section 325D.05 — Bankrupt Sales Not To Be Considered In Fixing Costs. - In establishing the cost of a given article, goods, wares,...

Section 325D.06 — Inapplicable Sales. - The provisions of sections 325D.01, subdivisions 2 to 6; 325D.04;...

Section 325D.07 — Remedies Cumulative. - The remedies herein provided shall be cumulative to all other...

Section 325D.071 — Violations; Penalties. - Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, officer,...

Section 325D.072 — Injunctive Relief. - In addition to the penalties provided in section 325D.071, the...

Section 325D.09 — Unlawful Trade Practices. - The legislature of the state of Minnesota hereby finds: that...

Section 325D.10 — Definitions. - When used in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16: (a) The term...

Section 325D.11 — Certain Unlawful Trade Practices. - It shall be an unlawful trade practice for any seller...

Section 325D.12 — Retailers Not To Misrepresent Nature Of Business. - (1) No person engaged in the sale of merchandise at...

Section 325D.13 — Quality, Misrepresented. - No person shall, in connection with the sale of merchandise,...

Section 325D.14 — Employer Not To Dispose Of Other Than Own Products. - No employer shall, directly or indirectly, by itself or through...

Section 325D.15 — Violations; Restraining Orders. - Any person violating the provisions of sections 325D.09 to 325D.16...

Section 325D.16 — Application. - Nothing in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 shall be deemed to...

Section 325D.30 — Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act; Findings And Policy. - The legislature finds that unfair, dishonest, and fraudulent business practices...

Section 325D.31 — Citation. - Sections 325D.30 to 325D.42 shall be known as the "Minnesota...

Section 325D.32 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 325D.30 to...

Section 325D.33 — Sales At Less Than Cost; Penalty. - Subdivision 1. Prohibited sales. It shall be unlawful for any...

Section 325D.34 — Combination Sales. - In all offers for sale or sales involving cigarettes and...

Section 325D.35 — Sales By A Wholesaler To A Wholesaler. - When one wholesaler sells cigarettes to any other wholesaler, the...

Section 325D.36 — Sales Exceptions. - The provisions of sections 325D.30 to 325D.42 shall not apply...

Section 325D.37 — Transactions Permitted To Meet Lawful Competition. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. Any wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell...

Section 325D.371 — Publication Of Cigarette Prices. - The commissioner shall publish in the State Register the presumed...

Section 325D.38 — Admissible Evidence. - Subdivision 1. Cost to wholesalers and retailers. In determining cost...

Section 325D.39 — Sales Outside Ordinary Channels Of Business; Effect. - In establishing the basic cost of cigarettes to a wholesaler...

Section 325D.40 — Violations. - Subdivision 1. Remedies. Any person who would suffer injury from...

Section 325D.405 — Investigations. - The commissioner or duly authorized agents may conduct investigations to...

Section 325D.415 — Cigarette Distributor Fees. - A cigarette distributor as defined in section 297F.01, subdivision 4,...

Section 325D.42 — Partial Unconstitutionality. - The provisions of sections 325D.30 to 325D.42 shall be deemed...

Section 325D.421 — Unlawful Cigarette Trade Practices. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions. (a) It is unlawful for any person...

Section 325D.43 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 325D.43 to 325D.48,...

Section 325D.44 — Deceptive Trade Practices. - Subdivision 1. Acts constituting. A person engages in a deceptive...

Section 325D.45 — Remedies. - Subdivision 1. Injunctive relief. A person likely to be damaged...

Section 325D.46 — Application. - Subdivision 1. Nonapplication. Sections 325D.43 to 325D.48 do not apply...

Section 325D.47 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction. - Sections 325D.43 to 325D.48 shall be so applied and construed...

Section 325D.48 — Citation. - Sections 325D.43 to 325D.48 may be cited as the "Uniform...

Section 325D.49 — Citation. - Sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 may be cited as the "Minnesota...

Section 325D.50 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated...

Section 325D.51 — Unreasonable Restraint Of Trade Or Commerce. - A contract, combination, or conspiracy between two or more persons...

Section 325D.52 — Establishment, Maintenance, Or Use Of Monopoly Power. - The establishment, maintenance, or use of, or any attempt to...

Section 325D.53 — Prohibited Contracts, Combinations, And Conspiracies. - Subdivision 1. Price fixing, production control, allocation of markets, collusive...

Section 325D.54 — Scope Of Act. - Sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 apply to: (a) any contract, combination,...

Section 325D.55 — Exemptions. - Subdivision 1. Labor, electrical, agricultural, or horticultural organizations. Nothing contained...

Section 325D.56 — Penalties For Violation. - Subdivision 1. Civil penalties. Any person who is found to...

Section 325D.57 — Damages. - Any person, any governmental body, or the state of Minnesota...

Section 325D.58 — Injunctive Relief. - In addition to other remedies provided by sections 325D.49 to...

Section 325D.59 — Authority Of The Attorney General. - The attorney general may investigate any alleged violation of sections...

Section 325D.60 — Forfeiture Of Charter Rights And Privilege To Do Business. - Subdivision 1. Attorney general's powers. Upon the failure of any...

Section 325D.61 — Acts Of Officers, Directors, Representatives, Or Agents Acting Within Scope Of Authority. - Subdivision 1. Imputed liability of business entity. A corporation, association,...

Section 325D.62 — Judgment In Favor Of State As Prima Facie Evidence. - A final judgment or decree rendered in any civil or...

Section 325D.63 — Notification Of Civil Action. - Upon commencement of any civil action by a person, other...

Section 325D.64 — Statute Of Limitations. - Subdivision 1. Interpretation and effect. An action under sections 325D.49...

Section 325D.65 — Venue. - Actions or proceedings brought by the state or any private...

Section 325D.66 — Action Not Barred As Affecting Or Involving Interstate Or Foreign Commerce. - No action under sections 325D.49 to 325D.66 shall be barred...

Section 325D.67 — Petroleum. - Subdivision 1. Discrimination between localities. Any person, firm, company, association,...

Section 325D.68 — Monopolization Of Food Products. - Subdivision 1. Declared a criminal conspiracy. Any combination of persons,...

Section 325D.71 — Unlawful Gasoline Sales. - Any offer for sale of gasoline by a retailer by...

Section 325D.72 — Bad Faith Assertions Of Patent Infringement. - Subdivision 1. Definition; end user. For purposes of this section,...