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Article: Steak n Shake/Pepsi feud headed for trial
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- Indianapolis Business Journal
- Article date:
- August 31, 1998
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Steak n Shake Inc. might finally be headed for court.
Three years after soft-drink giant Pepsico Inc. filed a nearly $3 million breach-of-contract suit against the locally based diner chain, a trial date has been set for Oct. 26.
But it remains to be seen whether the case will actually go to trial as scheduled.
"There are a whole bunch of discovery disputes the court has not yet ruled on," said James R. Fisher, an Indianapolis attorney representing Consolidated Products Inc., Steak n Shake's parent. "If the court rules on them and we're able to complete our discovery, then we will be delighted to go to trial on that date."
In early 1995, North Carolina-based Pepsico filed a ...