It is unlawful for any person engaged in business within this State to sell or use any article or product as a “loss leader” as defined in Section 17030 of this chapter.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17044
Offenses Against the Chapter
Known as the Unfair Practices Act
The act spans §§ 17000–17101 (53 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 21 Cal. 3d 431 - Rice v. Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board (1978)
Most recently applied in The Vollrath Company v. Sammi Corporation Ken Carter Industries, Inc. Sammisa (America) Corp. (November 1993)
Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 334.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.