MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. v. MARS, INC.

No. 06-2318-JWL.

494 F.Supp.2d 1231 (2007)

MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., Plaintiff, v. MARS, INCORPORATED and S & M Nutec, LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

July 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amii N. Castle, Lathrop & Gage, LC, Overland Park, KS, David R. Barnard, Patrick N. Fanning, Peter F. Daniel, Lathrop & Gage, LC, Kansas City, MO, David J. Lee, Lathrop & Gage, LC, Boulder, CO, for Plaintiff.

Aaron P. Maurer, Andrew W. Rudge, Ann N. Sagerson, Christopher M. D'Angelo, Dane H. Butswinkas, David A. Forkner, Williams & Connolly, LLP, Washington, DC, Brian K. O'Bleness, Jodi M. Hoss, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Kansas City, MO, for Defendants.


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 and developed a purportedly new formulation...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases