Michigan. Statutory Language

Michigan Statute 25-25

MICHIGAN STATUTE

MICHIGAN ANTITRUST REFORM ACT

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§ 445.771. Definitions

Sec. 1. As used in this act:

(a) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, partnership,

association, or any other legal entity.

(b) “Relevant market” means the geographical area of actual or potential

competition in a line of trade or commerce, all or any part of which is within this

state.

(c) “Trade or commerce” means the conduct of a business for profit or not for

profit producing or providing goods, commodities, property, or services and includes,

without limitation, advertising, franchising, solicitation, offering for sale, lease, or

distribution of a service or property, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed,

or any other article of commerce.

(d) “Unit of government” means this state or an agency, instrumentality,

political subdivision, or public corporation of this state, including but not limited to

municipal corporations, quasi-municipal corporations, and authorities, and including

their officials, employees, and agents when acting in their official capacity.

§ 445.772. Contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of or to

monopolize trade or commerce; illegality

Sec. 2. A contract, combination, or conspiracy between 2 or more persons in

restraint of, or to monopolize, trade or commerce in a relevant market is unlawful.

§ 445.773. Monopolies; illegality

Sec. 3. The establishment, maintenance, or use of a monopoly, or any attempt to

establish a monopoly, of trade or commerce in a relevant market by any person, for

the purpose of excluding or limiting competition or controlling, fixing, or

maintaining prices, is unlawful.

§ 445.774. Exceptions

Sec. 4. (1) Labor of a human being is not a commodity or an article of

commerce.

(2) This act shall not be construed to forbid the existence and operation of any

labor, agricultural, or horticultural organization instituted for the purpose of mutual

help, while lawfully carrying out its legitimate objects.