United States v. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Los Angeles and Arrowhead Puritas Waters, Inc., and Aqua Media, Ltd., and A. M. Liquidating Co.

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

These are consolidated interlocutory appeals from a preliminary injunction and from an order denying appellants’ motion to dissolve the same injunction. The injunction arose in a suit by the United States against both the buyers and the sellers in a corporate acquisition which is alleged to violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18. The complaint sought divestiture or rescission of the acquisition as alternative remedies. To preserve the possibility of a decree of rescission at the conclusion of trial, the district court; on motion of the government,…