HRS §421-19
Crime for breaking a cooperative's marketing contract or spreading false reports
This law makes it a crime to knowingly get a member or stockholder of a cooperative association to break their marketing contract, or to spread false reports about the association's finances or management. A person or company that does this can be fined and also sued by the association for damages.
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The statute, as written — Misdemeanor to induce breach of marketing contract to cooperative association; spreading false reports about the management or finances thereof
Any person or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member or stockholder of an association to violate the member's or stockholder's marketing contract with the association, or who maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports about the finances or management thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense; and shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of $500 for each offense.
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