District of Columbia. Statutory Language

District of Columbia Statute 10-33

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STATUTE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANTITRUST ACT

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§ 28-4501. Definition and purpose

(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.

§ 28-4502. Contract, combination, or conspiracy to restrain trade

Every contract, combination in the form of a trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in

restraint of trade or commerce all or any part of which is within the District of

Columbia is declared to be illegal.

§ 28-4503. Monopolization

It shall be unlawful for any person to monopolize, attempt to monopolize, or

combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize any part of

trade or commerce, all or any part of which is within the District of Columbia.

§ 28-4504. Exclusions

(a) Labor of a human being is not a commodity or an article of commerce.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to forbid the existence and

operation of labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations, instituted for the

purpose of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to

forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying

out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members

thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of

trade.

(b) This chapter does not make illegal the activity of:

(1) any non-profit corporation, trust, or organization established

exclusively for religious, charitable, literary, or educational purposes to the extent

that the activity is religious, charitable, literary, or educational; or

(2) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.