 The NFA claimed that the diversion to the parent company violated the beverage contracts between various parties . Negotiations between the two entities eventually failed , which led to a class action suit being filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California against Burger King Corporation , Coca @-@ Cola and Dr. Pepper on behalf of all Burger King franchises in the United States in May 2009 . In the filing , the NFA claimed the three defendants were in violation of a 1999 beverage contract that set specific beverage syrup usage goals . The four parties settled shortly after the filing when Burger King agreed to seek advertising funds from other sources . 
