Editing Subway (restaurant) (section)

===Franchise relations===
In 1995, Subway Sandwich Shops, Fred DeLuca, Peter Buck, and Doctor's Associates Inc. were held liable for breach of contract. An Illinois jury awarded more than $10 million in damages to Nicholas and Victoria Jannotta after finding lease and contract violations. The plaintiffs claimed the defendants had misrepresented the asset value of Subway Sandwich Shops (a leasing company used by Doctor's Associates for franchising purposes) while negotiating a 1985 lease agreement.<ref name="NationsRestaurantNews">{{cite news |title=Subway ordered to pay $10M in punitive damages to ex-landlord |author=Robin Lee Allen |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n49_v29/ai_17847096/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106155226/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n49_v29/ai_17847096/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 6, 2012 |date=December 11, 1995 |access-date=August 8, 2011 |work=Nation's Restaurant News}}</ref>

The U.S. House of Representatives' small business committee studied the franchise industry from 1992 to 1998. Dean Sagar noted, "Subway is the biggest problem in franchising and emerges as one of the key examples of every abuse you can think of."<ref name="FortuneMagazine">{{cite news |title=Why Subway Is 'The Biggest Problem In Franchising' That's the assessment of a congressional staffer who studied |author=Richard Behar |url=http://nextraterrestrial.com/pdf/FDeluca-Fortune%20March%2016%201998.htm |work=Forbes Magazine |date=March 16, 1998 |access-date=August 8, 2011 |archive-date=September 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906121752/http://nextraterrestrial.com/pdf/FDeluca-Fortune%20March%2016%201998.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1989, the U.S. Small Business Administration refused small business loans to Subway franchise owners until Subway removed a contract clause which gave it the power to seize and purchase any franchise without cause. ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' reported Subway had seized American soldier Leon Batie Jr.'s Subway stores in 2006 while he was serving in Afghanistan.<ref name="DallasNews">{{cite news |title=Soldier suing after being stripped of Subway restaurant franchises |author=Karen Robinson-Jacobs |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-franvet_21bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3bfb0e4.html |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=June 21, 2009 |access-date=July 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623075508/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-franvet_21bus.ART0.State.Edition1.3bfb0e4.html |archive-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> He had been deployed to support [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in March 2005, three years after buying his first restaurant.<ref name="DallasNews"/> Batie alleged Subway had violated the U.S. [[Servicemembers Civil Relief Act]]. He filed a federal lawsuit against Subway, which was dismissed. He then filed suit in state court in Dallas County, Texas. Both parties settled on "mutually agreeable" and confidential terms in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson-Jacobs |first=Karen |title=Subway, soldier settle Dallas franchise dispute |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2010/01/05/20100104-Subway-soldier-settle-Dallas-franchise-3530 |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=January 5, 2010 |access-date=August 25, 2011 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141803/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2010/01/05/20100104-Subway-soldier-settle-Dallas-franchise-3530 |url-status=live }}</ref>