F.T.C. v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.

Civil Action No. 07-1021(PLF).

502 F.Supp.2d 1 (2007)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC., and Wild Oats Markets, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 16, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Bloom, Amanda L. Wait, Catharine Mary Moscatelli, Eric Matthew Sprague, Marilyn E. Kerst, Matthew James Reilly, Reid Brian Horwitz, Thomas H. Brock, Thomas J. Lang, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Alden Lewis Atkins, John Martin Faust, John David Taurman, Neil W. Imus, Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Paul H. Friedman, Rebecca Powers Dick, James A. Fishkin, Jeffrey W. Brennan, Michael D. Farber, Paul T. Denis, Dechert LLP, Gary Alan MacDonald, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, DC, Clifford Hank Aronson, Matthew P. Hendrickson, Thomas Pak, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, New York, NY, Terrence J. Wallock, Law Office of Terrence J. Wallock, Corona Del Mar, CA, for Defendants.


PUBLIC VERSION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

OPINION

This matter is before the Court on plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction.1 Plaintiff, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), filed this lawsuit on June 6, 2007 seeking to enjoin defendant Whole Foods Market, Inc. from acquiring defendant Wild Oats Markets, Inc. during the pendency of an administrative proceeding to be commenced by the FTC pursuant...

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