Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in the State of North Carolina is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person or corporation who shall make any such contract expressly or shall knowingly be a party thereto by implication, or who shall engage in any such combination or conspiracy shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 75-1
Combinations in restraint of trade illegal
Applied in 71 court decisions — leading case 174 N.C. App. 266 - Good Hope Hospital, Inc. v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (2005)
Most recently applied in Members of N.C. State Univ.'s 1983 Ncaa Men's Basketball Nat'l Championship Team v. Nat'l Collegiate Athletic Ass'n (August 2025)
1913, c. 41, s. 1; C.S., s. 2559; 1981, c. 764, s. 2.
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