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UNITED STATES v. U.S. SUGAR CORP.

No. 22-2806.

73 F.4th 197 (2023)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION; Imperial Sugar Company; Louis Dreyfus Company LLC; United Sugars Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: July 13, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa Arbus Sherry [ARGUED], Amanda P. Reeves , Lindsey S. Champlin , David L. Johnson , Charles S. Dameron , Latham & Watkins LLP, 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004, Lawrence E. Buterman , Latham & Watkins LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, Christopher S. Yates , Latham & Watkins LLP, 505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94111, Jack B. Blumenfeld , Brian P. Egan , Morris, Nichols, Arshit & Tunnell LLP, 1201 North Market Street, P.O. Box 1347, Wilmington, DE 19899, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee United States Sugar Corp.

Timothy G. Cameron , Peter T. Barbur , David R. Marriott , Daniel K. Zach , Michael K. Zaken , Lindsey J. Timlin   Hannah L. Dwyer , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, Amanda L. Wait , Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, 799 9th Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20001, Kelly E. Farnan , Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., 920 N. King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee Imperial Sugar Company and Louis Dreyfus Company LLC.

Peter J. Schwingler , Stinson LLP, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Daniel K. Hogan , Hogan McDaniel, 1311 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806, Counsel for Defendant-Appellee United Sugar Corporation.

Jonathan S. Kanter , Doha Mekki , Maggie Goodlander , David B. Lawrence , Daniel E. Haar , Nikolai G. Levin , Peter M. Bozzo [ARGUED], U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3224, Washington, DC 20530-0001, Brian Hanna , Jonathan Y. Mincer , U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 450 5th Street, NW Suite 800, Washington, DC 20530-0001, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant United States.

Lee Hepner , 140 San Carlos Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, Katherine Van Dyck , American Economic Liberties Project, 2001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 540, Washington, DC 20006, Counsel for Amicus Appellant American Economic Liberties Project.

Before: AMBRO, PORTER, and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The government appeals the denial of its motion to permanently enjoin the acquisition of Imperial Sugar by United States Sugar Corporation. The District Court found that the government failed to identify the relevant product and geographic markets and thus failed to establish a prima facie case...

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