Legal Opinion
MGP Ingredients, Inc. v. Mars, Inc.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided April 25, 2007No. 06-2318-JWLPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
This lawsuit involves the popular Greenies® chew for dogs, which has been sold for years by defendant S & M NuTec LLC (SMN) using, until recently, a formulation containing confidential ingredients supplied by plaintiff MGP Ingredients (MGPI). In April of 2006, defendant Mars, Incorporated (Mars) acquired SMN. Plaintiffs complaint generally alleges that Mars destroyed the relationship between SMN and MGPI by treating the agreements between them as unenforceable and by marketing an improved Greenies® dog chew using a purportedly “totally new” Mars…
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