{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-35-46a","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 35-46a","heading":"Assertion and proof of certain defenses.","body":"In any action brought under subsection (c) of section 35-32 or seeking treble damages under section 35-35, a defendant:\n(1) May not assert as a defense that the defendant did not deal directly with the person on whose behalf the action is brought; and\n(2) May, in order to avoid duplicative liability, prove, as a partial or complete defense against a damage claim, that all or any part of an alleged overcharge ultimately was passed on to another person by a purchaser or a seller in the chain of manufacture, production or distribution that paid the alleged overcharge.","path":["TITLE 35. TRADE REGULATIONS, TRADEMARKS AND COLLECTIVE AND CERTIFICATION MARKS","CHAPTER 624*. CONNECTICUT ANTITRUST ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_624.htm#sec_35-46a","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:12Z","sha256":"d88010242e128acc4bea28b3eeb5dad63e6d13af7946f8ad7ddffc0f980020e3","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-35-46","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-35-47-to-35-49"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}