Other unlawful acts
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Omnicare, Inc. v. Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (2011)
Most recently applied in Powell v. Shelton (May 2019)
Effective: June 29, 2023 History: Amended 2023 Ky
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.
(1) Every contract, combination in the form of trust and otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce in this Commonwealth shall be unlawful.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to monopolize, attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce in this Commonwealth.
(3) In addition to any other penalties, a violation of this section shall also be a Class C felony.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.