Every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce of this Commonwealth is unlawful.
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-9.5
Contracts, etc., in restraint of trade unlawful
Known as the Virginia Antitrust Act
The act spans §§ 59–59 (18 sections).
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Haigh v. Matsushita Elec. Corp. of America (1987)
Most recently applied in Integrity Auto Specialists, Inc. v. Meyer (June 2011)
1974, c. 545.
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: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.