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Fla. Stat. § 542.20

Exemptions

Known as the Florida Antitrust Act

The act spans §§ 542.15 to 542.36 (26 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Major League Baseball v. Crist (2003)

Most recently applied in Avalon Carriage Service Inc. v. City of St. Augustine (February 2006)

History.--s. 1, ch. 80-28; s. 6, ch. 2025-213

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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.

Any activity or conduct exempt under Florida statutory or common law or exempt from the provisions of the antitrust laws of the United States is exempt from the provisions of this part.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.