HBP I, LLC v. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. et al
| Filed | 2026-07-17 |
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| Court | S.D.N.Y. |
| Docket | 1:26-cv-06088 |
| Nature of suit | 410 Anti-Trust |
| Practice area | Antitrust |
| Plaintiff | HBP I, LLC |
| Defendant | Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. et al |
| Complaint | Download the complaint (PDF, free) |
What the complaint alleges
HBP I LLC, as assignee of Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, sued Keurig Green Mountain, Inc., Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., and Keurig, Incorporated in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The complaint alleges that Keurig implemented a multi-dimensional anticompetitive scheme to monopolize the single-serve brewer and compatible cup markets, including blocking internet sales, making anticompetitive acquisitions, pursuing sham litigation, entering into exclusive dealing arrangements, disparaging competitors, and introducing a brewer with lockout technology. The plaintiff contends that this conduct caused A&P and its assignor C&S Wholesale Grocers to pay supra-competitive prices for K-Cups.
Claims asserted
- Sherman Act section 1 - conspiracy in restraint of trade
- Sherman Act section 2 - monopolization
- Clayton Act section 3 - exclusive dealing
- Clayton Act section 4 - damages for antitrust violations
- Clayton Act section 16 - injunctive relief