Simmons Foods, Inc. v. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Simmons Foods, Inc., (Simmons) an Arkansas corporation that produces pet food poultry meal, sued Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc., (HPN) a Kansas corporation that produces and markets pet foods, for breach of contract and promissory estoppel. Simmons claimed that HPN breached the last two years of an alleged three-year contract for the sale and purchase of poultry meal. Simmons also claimed that HPN orally promised a long-term business relationship. Simmons sought to recover the value of business improvements made in reliance on that promise. The district court 1 granted summary…