Convenience Big Store: Pappas refiles lawsuit against Houston over lucrative Hobby airport contract

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Pappas refiles lawsuit against Houston over Hobby airport contract

Attorneys for Pappas Restaurants have also filed a request to keep the company from getting kicked out of the airport at the end of its contract in six days.

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