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Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-9.12

Personal suit for injunction or actual damages

Known as the Virginia Antitrust Act

The act spans §§ 59.1-9.1 to 59.1-9.9 (18 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Haigh v. Matsushita Elec. Corp. of America (1987)

Most recently applied in 531 F. Supp. 2d 1124 - California v. Infineon Technologies AG (August 2007)

1974, c. 545; 2023, c. 522.

How often courts cite this section

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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.

A. Any person threatened with injury or damage to his business or property by reason of a violation of this chapter may institute an action or proceeding for injunctive relief, disgorgement, and other forms of equitable monetary relief as the court deems appropriate when and under the same conditions and principles as injunctive relief is granted in other cases.

B. Any person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of this chapter may recover the actual damages sustained, and, as determined by the court, the costs of suit and reasonable attorney fees. If the trier of facts finds that the violation is willful or flagrant, it may increase damages to an amount not in excess of three times the actual damages sustained.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.