PEPSICO, INC. v. F. T. C.

Nos. 294, 295, Dockets 72-1911, 72-1912.

472 F.2d 179 (1972)

PEPSICO, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees. PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF CORVALLIS, INC., Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Handler, New York City (Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, and Fred A. Freund, Elizabeth Head, Herbert Schreiber, and Robert A. Burka, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert J. Sisk, New York City (Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and James B. Kobak, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.

Frank H. Wohl, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Whitney North Seymour, Jr., U. S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., and T. Gorman Reilly, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., and James P. Timony, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for defendant-appellee, the Federal Trade Commission.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, and MEDINA and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Chief Judge:

On July 15, 1971, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against PepsiCo, Inc. under § 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act.1 The essential allegation was that PepsiCo had "hindered . . . competition in the distribution and sale of pre-mix and post-mix syrups and soft drink products sold under its trade names by restricting its bottlers from selling outside of a designated geographical area."...

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