Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Companies, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUNE L. GREEN, District Judge.

This case concerns the bottling and distribution of Seven-Up brand soft drinks in the metropolitan New York City area. It is the second of two related lawsuits brought by plaintiffs Harold A. Honickman (“Mr. Honickman”) and Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Companies, Inc. (“DPSU”) against the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “the Commission”), challenging the Commission’s refusal to approve proposed acquisitions by Mr. Honickman of certain soft drink bottling assets pursuant to a 1991 Consent Order. The earlier case, referred to here as DPSU I and presently…