GA 16-10-22 - GA 16-10-22

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Phrase "restraint of trade" means restraint of competition. State v. Shepherd Constr. Co., 248 Ga. 1 , 281 S.E.2d 151 , cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1055, 102 S. Ct. 601 , 70 L. Ed. 2 d 591, appeal dismissed, 454 U.S. 1074, 102 S. Ct. 626 , 70 L. Ed. 2 d 609 (1981). O.C.G.A. § 16-10-22 prohibits unreasonable restraints of competition. - Prohibition against "a conspiracy in restraint of trade or in restraint of free and open competition" means simply a prohibition against a conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of competition. State v. Shepherd Constr. Co., 248 Ga. 1 , 281 S.E.2d 151 , cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1055, 102 S. Ct. 601 , 70 L. Ed. 2 d 591, appeal dismissed, 454 U.S. 1074, 102 S. Ct. 626 , 70 L. Ed. 2 d 609 (1981). O.C.G.A. § 16-10-22 bans only that speech by which indi...