Treehouse Foods, Inc. et al v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. et al

Filing 165

ORDER in case 1:14-cv-00905-VSB; granting (1328) Letter Motion to Seal in case 1:14-md-02542-VSB-SLC. Accordingly, it is hereby: ORDERED that Competitor Plaintiffs' conditional objection, (Doc. 1326), is DENIED for lack of standing. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to seal at Document 1328 is GRANTED. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Vernon S. Broderick on 5/26/2021) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02542-VSB-SLC et al. (kv)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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IN RE: KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN
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SINGLE-SERVE COFFEE ANTITRUST
LITIGATION
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This Document Concerns All Related Actions :
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5/26/2021

14-md-2542 (VSB)
ORDER

VERNON S. BRODERICK, United States District Judge:
I am in receipt of the conditional objection to the proposed settlement between the
Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs (“IPPs”) and Defendant Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (“Keurig” or
“Defendant”) submitted by Plaintiffs TreeHouse Foods, Inc., Bay Valley Foods, LLC, and Sturm
Foods, Inc. (collectively, “TreeHouse”) and JBR, Inc. (“JBR” and, together with TreeHouse,
“Competitor Plaintiffs”) on May 14, 2021. (Doc. 1326.) I am also in receipt of the responses in
opposition filed by Keurig, (Doc. 1331), and the IPPs, (Doc. 1339), on May 21, 2021.
Competitor Plaintiffs note that their filing “serve[s] as a formal notice of opt-out from the
Proposed Settlement.” (Doc. 1326.) “Class members who opt-out of the settlement extinguish
their ability to object to it and those objections need not be considered.” Stinson v. City of N.Y.,
256 F. Supp. 3d 293, 292 (S.D.N.Y. 2017); see also Ferrick v. Spotify USA Inc., No. 16-cv-8412
(AJN), 2018 WL 2324076, at * 7 (S.D.N.Y. May 22, 2018) (“If an individual opts out of a
settlement, he no longer has standing to challenge the settlement.”).
Accordingly, it is hereby:
ORDERED that Competitor Plaintiffs’ conditional objection, (Doc. 1326), is DENIED
for lack of standing.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion to seal at Document 1328 is GRANTED.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 26, 2021
New York, New York
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Vernon S. Broderick
United States District Judge