Minnesota Statutes Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection (Ch. 324-341) § 325D.40. Violations

Subdivision 1. Remedies. Any person who would suffer injury from any threatened violation ofsections 325D.30to325D.42may maintain an action to enjoin such actual or threatened violation and proof of actual damages need not be alleged or proved in cases of threatened violation. If a violation or threatened violation of the Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act shall be established, the court shall enjoin such violator or threatened violator, and, in addition thereto, the court shall assess in favor of the plaintiff and against defendant the injuries of the suit including reasonable attorneys fees. Where alleged and proved, the plaintiff, in addition to such injunctive relief and cost of suit including reasonable attorneys fees, shall be entitled to recover from defendant the actual damages sustained.

Subd. 2. Government agency sales. All state, municipal and other governmental agencies shall be governed by the Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act, and no such agency of government shall accept any bid offer which is below the “cost to wholesaler” as defined bysection 325D.32, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), nor shall sell such cigarettes at a cost less than provided for insection 325D.32, subdivision 11.