Legal Opinion
KMS Restaurant Corp. v. Wendy's International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 2004No. 03-10759PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
More than a decade ago KMS Restaurant Corporation began attempting to purchase 27 Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburger restaurants in Florida from Citi-corp, North America, Inc. Because the restaurants are franchises of Wendy’s International, Inc., the purchase contract was contingent on Wendy’s approval of KMS as a franchisee. Ultimately Wendy’s did not approve KMS, the contract with Citicorp failed and, in keeping with the spirit of the times, litigation followed. This appeal involves KMS’ claim that Wendy’s tortiously interfered with KMS’ contract with Citicorp, which is a…
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