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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Shreveport, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.

District Court, D. Delaware

Decided June 28, 1991No. Civ. A. 83-95 JJF, 83-120 JJFPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FARNAN, District Judge.

OPINION

These actions are two consolidated cases brought against The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter “the Company”) by certain independently-owned Coca-Cola bottlers (referred to collectively hereinafter as “plaintiffs” or “the bottlers”). These actions, which for ease of reference will be referred to as the “diet Coke cases,” were originally filed in 1983 and have thus far resulted in eight years of litigation, six published opinions, one bench trial, and numerous unpublished opinions and orders. The bench trial was conducted before the Hon.…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Mellon Bank, N.A. v. Aetna Business Credit, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
  5. Wurtz v. FleischmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. v. WildeDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1996
  2. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Shreveport, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  3. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Elizabethtown, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  4. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Elizabethtown, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1991
  5. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Elizabethtown, Inc. Jackson Coca-Cola Bottling Company Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Incorporated New Bern Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. Plymouth Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Incorporated Owensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Shelbyville, Inc. Beaver Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Quaker State Coca-Cola Bottling Company the Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Keystone Coca-Cola Bottling Company Central Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Reading Coca-Cola Bottling Works Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Shreveport, Inc. (Formerly Star Bottling Works, Ltd.) the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Fort Smith, a Partnership Texarkana Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company Las Cruces Coca-Cola Bottling Company West Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tucson, Inc. Hattiesburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company Magnolia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tulsa, Inc. Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Natchez Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Wichita Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (North Dakota) Marshall Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Liquidating Trust Permian Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Scioto Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Richmond Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Kennett (A Partnership) Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Jamestown Streator Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Jefferson City Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc., Alexandria, Mn Deming Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling Co. MacOn Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Mary Louise Goodrich Mary Louise Kay Robinson, Individually and as Trustee of the Kendall Family Inter Vivos Trust Ann Kay Hobson Haack, Individually and as Trustee of the Kendall Family Inter Vivos Trust John K. Hobson Margaret Dodge Hobson, Individually and as Trustee of the Kendall Family Inter Vivos Trust (Subst. For Natchez Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.) Oliver C. Hutaff, Jr., as Trustee Under Shareholders' Lawsuit Trust Agreement (Subst. For Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. And Kelford Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.) v. The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware Corporation, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Mt. Pleasant Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Muskegeon Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Dickinson Laredo Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., Intervenors in D.C., Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Magnolia Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Elizabethtown, Inc. (Also Successor by Merger to Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Owensboro) Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Shelbyville Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plymouth Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dickinson Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Jamestown Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Williston Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Lehigh Valley (Formerly Known as Bethlehem) Laredo Coca-Cola Bottling Company Central Coca-Cola Bottling Company Love Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Lacrosse Arkansas-Georgia Company (Also Known as Nashville) Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Streator Natchez Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Jefferson City Coca-Cola Bottling Company of MacOn Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Deming Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tulsa Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Brownsville (Rgv) Coca-Cola Bottling Company of San Angelo Las Cruces Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tucson Coca-Cola Bottling Company (Alexandria) Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Marshall Oliver C. Hutaff, Jr., as Trustee Under Shareholders' Lawsuit Trust Agreement (Subst. For Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. And Kelford Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.), Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Elizabethtown, Inc. Jackson Coca-Cola Bottling Company Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Incorporated New Bern Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. Plymouth Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Incorporated Owensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Shelbyville, Inc. Beaver Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Quaker State Coca-Cola Bottling Company the Cleveland Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Keystone Coca-Cola Bottling Company Central Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Reading Coca-Cola Bottling Works Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Shreveport, Inc. (Formerly Star Bottling Works, Ltd.) the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Fort Smith, a Partnership Texarkana Coca-Cola Bottling Company Coca-Cola Bottling Company Las Cruces Coca-Cola Bottling Company West Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tucson, Inc. Hattiesburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company Magnolia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tulsa, Inc. Ouachita Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. Natchez Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. Wichita Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (North Dakota) Marshall Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Liquidating Trust Permian Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Scioto Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Richmond Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Kennett (A Partnership) Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Jamestown Streator Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Jefferson City Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc., Alexandria, Mn Deming Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Trenton Coca-Cola Bottling Co. MacOn Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Mary Louise Goodrich Mary Louise Kay Robinson, Individually and as Trustee of the Kendall Family Inter Vivos Trust Ann Kay Hobson Haack, Individually and as Trustee of the Kendall Family Inter Vivos Trust John K. Hobson Margaret Dodge Hobson, Individually and as Trustee of the Kendall Family Inter Vivos Trust (Subst. For Natchez Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.) Oliver C. Hutaff, Jr., as Trustee Under Shareholders' Lawsuit Trust Agreement (Subst. For Wilmington Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. And Kelford Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.) v. The Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware Corporation, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Mt. Pleasant Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Muskegeon Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Dickinson Laredo Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., Intervenors in D.C., the Coca-Cola CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993

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