Title 50, Title 50: Pools and Trusts

50-2-1. Business of gathering and vending news a matter of public interest. All persons, all associations of persons and all corporations engaged in the business of buying, gathering or accumulating information or news for publication, and vending, supplying, distributing or diss…

50-2-2. Discrimination against newspaper publishers forbidden. It shall be unlawful for any person, association of persons or corporation engaged in gathering and furnishing news for publication to make any discrimination or distinction with respect to persons engaged in publishi…

50-2-3. Combinations to control news unlawful. Any combination having for its object or effect the controlling of information or news gathered or accumulated for distribution and publication shall be deemed a trust, and hostile to the public welfare, and is prohibited and declare…

50-2-4. Discrimination in service charges forbidden. All associations of persons and corporations engaged in the business of gathering and disseminating information or news for publication by their members or stockholders, or otherwise, shall be deemed to be engaged in a business…

50-2-5. Contracts in violation, void. Any contract or agreement in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be absolutely void and not enforceable.

50-2-6. Evidence to establish trust or combination. In all actions brought under this chapter it shall be sufficient to prove that a trust or combination as defined herein existed, and that the defendant belonged to it, or acted for or in connection with it, without proving or pr…

50-2-7. Telephone and telegraph companies deemed agents of vendors. All telephone and telegraph companies employed to transmit such information or news shall be deemed to be process agents of such persons and corporations, and an offer to pay a reasonable price to such telephone …