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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 542
COMBINATIONS RESTRICTING TRADE OR COMMERCE
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F.S. 542.18
542.18 Restraint of trade or commerce.Every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in this state is unlawful.
History.s. 1, ch. 80-28.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 542.18
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Cases Citing Statute 542.18

Total Results: 20

Data Payment Systems v. Caso

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2018-08-01T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: entirety, as follows: (1) Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts

& SC16-400 Elizabeth White v. Mederi Caretenders Visiting Services of Southeast Florida, LLC., and Americare Home Therapy, Inc., etc. v. Carla Hiles

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2017-09-14T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 226 So. 3d 774

Snippet: restraint of trade .are generally unlawful. See § 542.18, Fla. Stat. (2016) (“Every contract, combination

Collier HMA Physician Management, LLC v. Brian Menichello, M.D.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-05-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 223 So. 3d 334, 2017 WL 2364675, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 7772

Snippet: provides as follows: (1) Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts that

Allied Universal Corp. v. Given

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2017-03-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 223 So. 3d 1040, 2017 WL 1018502, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 3459

Snippet: (2016) provides: (1) Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts that

C.P. Motion, Inc. v. Goldblatt

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 193 So. 3d 39, 2016 WL 1660028, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6337

Snippet: assignee or successor: (1) Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts that

MYD Marine Distributor, Inc. v. International Paint Ltd.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 76 So. 3d 42, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 19927, 2011 WL 6183519

Snippet: 542.15, Fla. Stat. (2005). Pursuant to section 542.18, Florida Statutes, “[e]very contract, combination…or commerce ... is declared to be illegal.’’); § 542.18, Fla. Stat. (2009) ("Every contract, combination

Rigterink v. State

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2011-06-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 66 So. 3d 866, 36 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 273, 2011 Fla. LEXIS 1343, 2011 WL 2374188

Snippet: ) (citing Bram v. United States, 168 U.S. 532, 542, 18 S.Ct. 183, 42 L.Ed. 568 (1897)). This right extends

Miller v. Preefer

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2009-02-18T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 1 So. 3d 1278, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1281, 2009 WL 383565

Snippet: void" or merely "voidable." Section 542.18, Florida Statutes (1993), generally prohibits any

Kapila v. at & T Wireless Services, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-01-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 973 So. 2d 600

Snippet: both AT & T and ABC, violation of sections 542.18, and 542.19, Florida Statutes (the "State

Humane Soc. of Broward v. Fl Humane Soc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-03-14T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 951 So. 2d 966

Snippet: business or property by reason of any violation of s. 542.18 or s. 542.19 may sue therefor in the circuit courts

Henao v. Professional Shoe Repair, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 929 So. 2d 723

Snippet: policy." 483 So.2d at 484. Indeed, section 542.18, Florida Statutes (1983), stated (and continues…section 542.335(1) provides: Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts that

Colucci v. Kar Kare Automotive Group, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-01-24T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 918 So. 2d 431

Snippet: the result of a scrivener's error. [2] See § 542.18, Fla. Stat. (2005) ("Every contract, combination

Duck Tours Seafari, Inc. v. City of Key West

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-03-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 875 So. 2d 650

Snippet: violations of the state antitrust laws. See §§ 542.18-.19, § 542.235(2), Fla. Stat. (1995). Duck Tours…laws prohibit restraints of trade. See §§ 542.16, 542.18, 542.19, Fla. Stat. (1995). Florida's antitrust

Oce Printing Systems USA, Inc. v. MAILERS DATA SERV. INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-06-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 760 So. 2d 1037

Snippet: of a nationwide class in this instance. Section 542.18, Florida Statutes (1997), states: "Every contract

Noack v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1999-09-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 742 So. 2d 433

Snippet: part of trade or commerce in this state." §§ 542.18, 542.19, Fla.Stat. (1997). [2] See 15 U.S.C.A.

Davis v. Washington County

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-03-19T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 670 So. 2d 136

Snippet: were passed to execute the contract. [2] Under § 542.18, Fla.Stat., every contract, combination or conspiracy

Parts Depot Co. v. Florida Auto Supply

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1996-03-12T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 669 So. 2d 321

Snippet: 144 (1982). While the appellee sued under section 542.18, Florida Statutes (1989), which prohibits conspiracies

Greenberg v. Mount Sinai Medical Center

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-12-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 629 So. 2d 252

Snippet: of sections 542.18 and 542.22, Florida Statutes (1991), and related statutes. Section 542.18 provides that…it alleged neither a per se violation of section 542.18 nor the anti-competitive effects of defendants&

Accent Homes, Inc. v. Narco Realty, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-07-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 566 So. 2d 5, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 4971, 1990 WL 95374

Snippet: unreasonable restraint of trade under Sections 542.18 and 542.22, Florida Statutes. We find the trial

Respiratory Therapeutics, Inc. v. Foster Medical Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-03-14T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 542 So. 2d 1010, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 681, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 1349, 1989 WL 21430

Snippet: violation of the Florida Antitrust Act, section 542.18, Florida Statutes (1985). I do not agree with the