It shall be unlawful for any person to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize any part of trade or commerce.
RCW 19.86.040
Monopolies and attempted monopolies declared unlawful.
Known as the Consumer Protection Act
The act spans §§ 19–19 (26 sections).
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case 108 Wash. 2d 38 - Boeing Company v. Sierracin Corporation (2000)
Most recently applied in 551 F. App'x 1 - MiniFrame Ltd. v. Microsoft Corp. (December 2013)
1961 c 216 s 4.
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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.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.