Tennessee § 47-25-112 - News services, etc. — Discrimination prohibited.
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§ 47-25-112. News services, etc. — Discrimination prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, or any association or combination of corporations, firms, or persons, engaged in the business of buying, gathering, or accumulating information or news, or vending, supplying, distributing, or publishing information or news, to refuse to vend, supply, distribute, or publish such information or news to any person, firm, or corporation, conducting a newspaper in this state, offering to pay for the information or news, or to make discrimination in any manner between persons, firms, or corporations conducting newspapers in this state in the vending, supplying, distributing or publishing of such information or news. It is unlawful for any agent or employee in this state of a person, firm, or corporation, or association or combination of corporations, firms, or persons engaged in the business of gathering, accumulating, vending, supplying, and distributing news or information, to assist in the carrying on or conducting of such business when such person, firm, or corporation, or association of such persons, firms, or corporations, have refused to furnish news or information without discrimination in price, method of supply, or otherwise to any person, firm, or corporation conducting a newspaper in this state and desiring to be supplied with such information or news. Any person, firm, or corporation violating this section, or aiding or abetting in the violation of this section, commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each violation constitutes a separate offense. Acts 1899, ch. 286, §§ 1-3; Shan., §§ 3608a110-3608a112; Code 1932, §§ 6759-6761; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 69-113 — 69-115, 47-25-113 — 47-25-115; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113. Compiler's Notes. Provisions formerly appearing as § 47-25-112 (Acts 1897, ch. 93, § 1; Shan., § 3191a2; Acts 1917, ch. 138, § 1; Code 1932, § 5888; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 69-112) was transferred in 1984 to § 47-25-111 . Cross-References. Penalty for Class C misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 20 Tenn. Juris., Newspapers, § 3.
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Section 47-25-112 ("News services, etc. — Discrimination prohibited.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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