According to the complaint, the parties operated competing worldwide, full-service networks enabling timeshare owners to trade the temporary use of their vacation property for a different time period and/or another resort. Under the order, CUC and HFS were required to divest CUC's Interval International Inc., to a company controlled by Willis Stein & Partners, L.P., a venture capital firm; or to divest HFS' Resort Condominiums International, Inc., to a Commission-approved purchaser.
In Shell Oil Company, and Texaco Inc.,(30) the complaint alleged that proposed joint ventures between Shell and Texaco, which were valued at more than $10 billion, would lessen competition substantially in (1) the refining of conventional gasoline and kerosene jet fuel in the Puget Sound area of Washington State; (2) the refining of conventional gasoline and kerosene jet fuel in the Pacific Northwest; (3) the refining of CARB gasoline (specially formulated gasoline) in California; (4) the refining of asphalt in the northern portion of California; (5) the transportation of undiluted heavy crude oil to the San Francisco Bay area; (6) the transportation of refined light petroleum products to the inland portions of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee; (7) the wholesaling and retailing of CARB gasoline in San Diego County, California; and (8) the terminaling, wholesaling and retailing of conventional gasoline and diesel fuel on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Under the order, the parties were required to divest (1) Shell's Anacortes, Washington, refinery; (2) either Texaco's interest in the Colonial pipeline or Shell's interest in the Plantation pipeline; (3) gasoline stations in San Diego county; and (4) the terminal and retail operations of either Shell or Texaco on Oahu.(31)
In TRW Inc.,(32) the complaint alleged that TRW's proposed $945 million acquisition of BDM International Inc. ("BDM") would lessen competition substantially in (1) the research, development, manufacture and sale of a ballistic missile defense system ("BMD system") for the United States Department of Defense ("DoD"), and (2) the provision of systems engineering and technical assistance services ("SETA Services") to the United States Ballistic Missile Defense Organization ("BMDO") of DoD. TRW was a member of one of only two teams vying to supply a BMD system to DoD and BDM was the only provider of SETA Services. According to the complaint, the proposed acquisition would position TRW as both a competitor for the BMD system, and the contractor responsible for assessing the proposals submitted by the two teams. The order required TRW to divest BDM's SETA Services contract with the BMDO, and all of BDM's assets associated with the performance of the contract.
In Cablevision Systems Corporation,(33) the complaint alleged that the proposed acquisition by Cablevision Systems Corporation ("CVS") of certain cable television systems owned by Tele-Communications, Inc. ("TCI") would lessen competition substantially in the distribution of multichannel video programming by cable television in the Boroughs of Paramus and Hillsdale, in Bergen County, New Jersey. According to the complaint, the parties were the only two cable television providers in the relevant geographic areas. Under the order, CVS was required to divest TCI's Paramus and Hillsdale cable systems.(34)
In S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.,(35) the complaint alleged that the proposed $1.125 billion acquisition by S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. ("S.C. Johnson") of the home care and home food management businesses of DowBrands Inc. would lessen competition substantially in the research, development, manufacture and sale of soil and stain remover products and glass cleaner products in the United States. According to the complaint, the parties were the two leading suppliers of the relevant products. Under the order, S.C. Johnson was required to divest DowBrands' "Spray ‘n Wash," "Spray ‘n Starch," and "Glass Plus" businesses to Reckitt & Colman, Inc.
