HLS 16RS-1248 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 491
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
COMMERCIAL REGS/ANTITRUST: Provides with respect to damages recoverable for
violation of anti-monopoly laws
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 51:137, relative to monopolies; to provide for damages; and to
3 provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 51:137 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง137. Damages recoverable for violation of law
7 Any person who is injured in his business or property by any person by
8 reason of any act or thing forbidden by this Part, regardless of whether the injured
9 person dealt directly or indirectly with the person in violation of this Part, may sue
10 in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall recover threefold the damages
11 sustained by him, the cost of suit, and a reasonable attorney's fee.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 491 Original 2016 Regular Session Magee
Abstract: Provides for damages when a person is directly or indirectly injured in his
business or property by any person who violates applicable monopoly laws.
Present law provides that any person who is injured in his business or property by any person
by reason of any act or thing forbidden by present law, relative to monopolies, may sue in
any court of competent jurisdiction and shall recover threefold the damages sustained by
him, the cost of suit, and a reasonable attorney's fee.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1248 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 491
Proposed law retains present law but clarifies that the injured person may sue in any court
of competent jurisdiction and shall recover threefold the damages sustained by him, the cost
of suit, and a reasonable attorney's fee, regardless of whether the injured person dealt
directly or indirectly with the person in violation of present law.
(Amends R.S. 51:137)
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