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Article: Black Franchise Owners Sue Burger King Chain; Company Accused of Site, Price Deceptions
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- The Washington Post
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- October 18, 1988
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Several black Burger King franchise owners filed a $500 million
class-action lawsuit yesterday against the fast-food company,
alleging that Burger King had tricked them into accepting inferior
locations and had charged them more than twice as much as white-run
franchises for facilities and equipment.
In a 55-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in
Washington, 12 black Burger King operators from around the nation
said the Miami-based hamburger chain had acted "maliciously,
deliberately and anti-competitively" during the past eight years and
had driven many black Burger King owners out of business.
A spokesman for Burger King, which is owned by Pillsbury Corp. of
Minneapolis, said ...