Colorado § 6-4-105 - Monopolization and attempt to monopolize.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 6-4-105 — Monopolization and attempt to monopolize., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 6-4-105. Monopolization and attempt to monopolize.
It is illegal for any person to monopolize, attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person to monopolize any part of trade or commerce.
Source: L. 2023: Entire article R&RE, (HB 23-1192), ch. 427, p. 2511, § 2, effective June 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 6-4-105 as it existed prior to 2023.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "Antitrust and the Lay Lawyer", see 44 Den. L.J. 558 (1967). For article, "May Regulated Utilities Monopolize the Sun?", see 56 Den. L.J. 31 (1979). For article, "Colorado Antitrust Law Seven Years Later", see 13 Colo. Law. 1808 (1984). For article, "Antitrust Law", which discusses Tenth Circuit decisions dealing with antitrust law, see 62 Den. U. L. Rev. 183 (1986). For article, "Antitrust in the Health Care Field — Subject Matter Jurisdiction", see 18 Colo. Law. 1113 (1989). For article, "Does a Monopolist Have a Duty to Deal with Its Rival? Some Thoughts on the Aspen Skiing Case", see 57 U. Colo. L. Rev. 727 (1986). For article, "United States Supreme Court Review of Tenth Circuit Decisions", which discusses the Aspen Skiing Co. case, see 64 Den. U. L. Rev. 373 (1987).
Annotator's note. Since § 6-4-105 is similar to § 6-4-105 as it existed prior to the 2023 repeal and reenactment of this article and to laws antecedent to that section, relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section.
A monopoly leveraging claim must prove threatened or actual monopoly in the leveraged market. Spruce Oil Corp. v. Archer-Daniel-Midland Co., 870 F. Supp. 1005 (D. Colo. 1994).
Applied in Q-T Mkts., Inc. v. Fleming Cos., 394 F. Supp. 1102 (D. Colo. 1975); Nobody in Particular Presents, Inc. v. Clear Channel Commc'ns, Inc., 311 F. Supp. 2d (D. Colo. 2004) (because Colorado law mirrors federal antitrust law under the Sherman Act, court examined claims under federal law as dispositive of state law claims).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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