Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 8-10-3 (2026)
Restraining Trade or Production, Monopolizing Commodities or Business, Destruction of Competition, Etc.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any person or corporation, domestic or foreign, which shall restrain, or attempt to restrain, the freedom of trade or production, or which shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, the production, control, or sale of any commodity or the prosecution, management, or control of any kind, class, or description of business or which shall destroy, or attempt to destroy, competition in the manufacture or sale of a commodity shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 for each offense.
(Code 1907, §7581; Code 1923, §5214; Code 1940, T. 57, §108.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1988–2009 · leading case: Abbott Labs. v. Durrett, 746 So. 2d 316 (Ala. 1999).
Abbott Labs. v. Durrett, 746 So. 2d 316 (Ala. 1999). “…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 indirectly, into…”
Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. Seven Up Bottling Co., 746 So. 2d 966 (Ala. 1999). “…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 indirectly,…”
Kershaw v. Knox Kershaw, Inc., 523 So. 2d 351 (Ala. 1988). “Whether the covenant not to compete violated Ala.Code 1975, § 8-10-3, and Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.”
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. ERA Oxford Realty Co. Greystone, LLC, 572 F.3d 893 (11th Cir. 2009). “’s relationships with their real estate agents; (7) violation of Alabama antitrust statute, Ala.Code § 8-10-3; (8) violation of Alabama antitrust statute, Ala.”
Griffiths v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, 147 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (N.D. Ala. 2001). “The State Law Antitrust Claims Based upon the same allegations underlying their federal law antitrust causes of action, Plaintiffs bring claims in Count III pursuant to § 6-5-60, 17 Ala.”
Southtrust Corp. v. Plus Sys., Inc., 913 F. Supp. 1517 (N.D. Ala. 1995). “SouthTrust also claims the defendants have violated Alabama’s common-law and the Alabama Code §§ 8-10-3 and 6-5-60. Plus Systems, Inc.”
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