SIMMONS FOODS, INC. v. HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.

No. 01-1375.

270 F.3d 723 (2001)

SIMMONS FOODS, INC., Appellant, v. HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicki Bronson, argued, Fayetteville, AR (John R. Elrod, on the brief), for Appellant.

Steven D. McCormick, argued, Chicago, IL, for Appellee.

Before BOWMAN, HEANEY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


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....

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