Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-10-2 (2026)
Entering Combination to Control Management of Corporation with Intent to Fix Price, Diminish Production, Etc.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any corporation chartered under the laws of this state or any officer, stockholder, agent, or employee of any such corporation which enters into any combination with any other corporation or person with the intent to place the management or control of any such corporation in the hands of another corporation or person and thereby limit or fix the price, restrict or diminish the production, manufacture, sale, use, or consumption of any article of commerce must be fined, on conviction, not less than $500 nor more than $2,000.
(Code 1896, §5558; Code 1907, §7580; Code 1923, §5213; Code 1940, T. 57, §107.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1999–2001 · leading case: Abbott Labs. v. Durrett, 746 So. 2d 316 (Ala. 1999).
Abbott Labs. v. Durrett, 746 So. 2d 316 (Ala. 1999). “…108 of Title 57 of the 1940 Code were carried forward in substantially the same form into the 1975 Code as § 8-10-1, § 8-10-2, and § 8-10-3, respectively: "[§ 8-10-1] Any person or corporation who engages or agrees with other persons or corporations or enters, directly or…”
Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. Seven Up Bottling Co., 746 So. 2d 966 (Ala. 1999). “…108 of Title 57 of the 1940 Code were carried forward in substantially the same form into the 1975 Code as § 8-10-1, § 8-10-2, and § 8-10-3, respectively: "[§ 8-10-1] Any person or corporation who engages or agrees with other *980 persons or corporations or enters, directly or…”
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001). “Section 8-10-2 provides: Any corporation chartered under the laws of this state or any officer, stockholder, agent, or employee of any such corporation which enters into any combination with any other corporation or person with the intent to place the management or control of…”
Freeman v. Dupont Pharm. Co., 790 So. 2d 248 (Ala. 2001). “Shirley Ricks Freeman and three other plaintiffs who claim to be users or purchasers of the prescription drug Coumadin, filed a class action against DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, pursuant to Alabama's antitrust statutes, Ala.Code 1975, § 8-10-2 and § 6-5-60. Their complaint…”
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