SUCHANEK v. STURM FOODS, INC.

No. 13-3843.

764 F.3d 750 (2014)

Linda SUCHANEK, et al., individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STURM FOODS, INC., and Treehouse Foods, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2014.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Burke , Burke Harvey & Frankowski, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig S. Fochler , Rebecca R. Hanson , Foley & Lardner LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Chief Judge.

This case is about coffee. Not just any coffee — it is about the individual coffee pods that are used in the popular Keurig coffeemakers. The Keurig system solved a problem with which coffee drinkers had struggled for years: how to make individual portions of fresh-brewed coffee in a tidy, flavorful, easy, and relatively inexpensive way. The defendants, Sturm Foods, Inc., and Treehouse Foods, Inc., wanted to enter the market for Keurig-compatible...

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