In Philadelphia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a September 2022 ruling by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika of the District of Delaware allowing Florida-based U.S. Sugar Corp. to buy financially troubled Imperial Sugar Co. The decision was unanimous among a panel that included Judges Thomas L. Ambro, David J. Porter and Arianna J. Freeman, with Porter writing for the court.