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Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks

By Jennifer Peltz
Published January 23, 2013 5:00am ET
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Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks
FILE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, a man leaves a 7-Eleven store with a Double Gulp drink, in New York. Opponents of the city's limit on the size of sugary drinks are are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) | Richard Drew

NEW YORK (AP) — The city’s limit on the size of sugary drinks is an “extraordinary infringement” on consumer choice, a lawyer for the American Beverage Association and other critics said in court on Wednesday.

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