Every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of, or to monopolize, trade or commerce is unlawful.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-36-4
Restraint of trade or commerce
Known as the Rhode Island Antitrust Act
The act spans §§ 6–6 (26 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Ocean View Capital, Inc. v. Sumitomo Corp. of America (2000)
Most recently applied in Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (January 2003)
P.L. 1979, ch. 98, § 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: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.