Offenses Against the Chapter
Known as the Unfair Practices Act
The act spans §§ 17000–17101 (53 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 147 Cal. App. 3d 256 - G.H.I.I. v. MTS, Inc. (1983)
Most recently applied in 134 Cal. App. 4th 290 - Eddins v. Redstone (November 2005)
Added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 526.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
It is unlawful for any person engaged in the production, manufacture, distribution or sale of any article or product of general use or consumption, with intent to destroy the competition of any regular established dealer in such article or product, or to prevent the competition of any person who in good faith, intends and attempts to become such dealer, to create locality discriminations.
Nothing in this section prohibits the meeting in good faith of a competitive price.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.