Every contract, agreement, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce, any part of which trade or commerce is within this state, is unlawful.
§ 57-1-1 NMSA 1978
Contracts, agreements, combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade
Known as the Antitrust Act
The act spans §§ 57–57 (21 sections).
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Warfarin Sodium Antitrust Litigation 02-3603 02-3755 02-3757 02-3758 (2004)
Most recently applied in 42 F. Supp. 3d 735 - In re Niaspan Antitrust Litigation (September 2014)
Laws 1891, ch. 10, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 1292; Code 1915, § 1685; C.S. 1929, § 35-2901; 1941 Comp., § 51-1101; 1953 Comp., § 49-1-1; Laws 1979, ch. 374, § 1; 1987, ch. 37, § 1.
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: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.