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<p>In this May 22, 2009 photo, a store employee holds packages of Oscar Meyer wieners, a Kraft product, left, and Ball Park franks, a Sara Lee Corp. product, at a local Dahl's grocery store in Des Moines, Iowa. The nation's two largest hot dog makers are taking their legal beefs to federal court in Chicago, where a judge will determine whether either broke false-advertising laws when boasting about their top-dog status.</p>

<p>In this May 22, 2009 photo, a store employee holds packages of Oscar Meyer wieners, a Kraft product, left, and Ball Park franks, a Sara Lee Corp. product, at a local Dahl's grocery store in Des Moines, Iowa. The nation's two largest hot dog makers are taking their legal beefs to federal court in Chicago, where a judge will determine whether either broke false-advertising laws when boasting about their top-dog status.</p>

August 16, 2011

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Wiener war breaks out in courtroom
August 16, 2011 9 p.m.

Wiener war breaks out in courtroom

Sara Lee, Kraft clash over use of 'all-beef' label

CHICAGO - The nation's largest hot dog makers argued about the meaning of "100 percent pure beef" and the merits of ketchup Monday in a lawsuit over advertising claims stemming from their years of dog-eat-dog competition.