Houlihan Trading Company v. CTI Foods, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION HOULIHAN TRADING COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:21-cv-01030-SRC ) CTI FOODS, LLC, ) ) Defendant(s). ) ) ) Memorandum and Order Though Houlihan and CTI Foods long enjoyed a warm relationship, their association has turned icy. Despite supplying CTI with frozen chicken-breast trim for the entire first quarter of 2021, Houlihan says it never contracted with CTI. Winning a race-to-the-courthouse, Houlihan sued CTI in Missouri for a declaratory judgment, to which CTI responded with a two-count counterclaim…