Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 14. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Part 9. Price Discrimination

Burden Of Rebutting Prima Facie Case Of Discrimination

30-14-904. Burden of rebutting prima facie case of discrimination. (1) In a proceeding for a violation of 30-14-901, if proof is made that there has been discrimination in price, the burden of rebutting the prima facie case by showing justification is upon the person charged with a violation of 30-14-901.

(2) A seller may rebut the prima facie case by showing that a lower price to a purchaser was made in good faith to meet an equally low price of a competitor.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 486, L. 1991.