The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court's ruling denying a request from Kraft Food for a preliminary injunction against Starbucks Coffee Co., which would have stopped Starbucks from unilaterally ending its strategic partnership with Kraft (which distributes Starbucks coffee to grocery stores) before a mandatory arbitration proceeding decides the core issues in this dispute. The arbitration process is already underway and will continue over the next several months.