US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

     235.10 Unlawful discrimination in sale or purchase of 
  grain. 

    A person, firm, copartnership, or corporation engaged in 
 the business of buying grain, either for itself or others, may 
 not, with the intention of creating a monopoly or destroying the 
 business of a competitor, discriminate between different 
 localities, of this state by purchasing grain of a particular 
 grade and condition at a higher price or rate in one locality 
 than in another after making due allowance for the difference, 
 if any, in actual cost of transportation from the locality of 
 purchase, to the locality of manufacture, use, or distribution.  
 Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.  

    HIST: (5096) 1917 c 377 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 
 444; 1989 c 197 art 5 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 72; 2005 c 10 art 
 3 s 15 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.