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Cases

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• Adras Bldg. Material Ltd. V. Harlow & Jones, GmbH, 42(1) PD 221 [1988] (Israel), translated in, 1995, Restitution Law Review, 3: 235.
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• CBS, Inc. v. Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 553 N.E. 2d 997 (N.Y. 1990).
• Daily v. Gusto Records, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22537 (M.D. Tenn. Mar. 31, 2000).
• Dastgheib v. Genentech, Inc., 457 F. Supp. 2d 536 (E.D. Pa. 2006).
• EarthInfo, Inc. v. Hydrosphere Res. Consultants, Inc., 900 P.2d 113, 119 (Colo. 1995).
• Feinberg v. Pfeiffer co., 392 S.W.2d 163 (Mo. App. 1959).
• Gassner v. Lockett, 101 So. 2d 33 (Fla. 1958).
• Hadley v. Baxendale, 156 Eng. Rep. 145 (Court of Exchequer, 1854)
• Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, Inc., 133 N.W.2d 267 (Wis. 1965).
• Jones v. Star Credit Corp., 298 N.Y.S.2d 264 (1969).
• Mkt. St. Assocs. Ltd. P’ship v. Frey, 941 F.2d 588, 594 (7th Cir. 1991) (Posner, J.).
• Metropolitan Coal Co. v. Howard, 155 F.2d 780, 784 (2d Cir. 1946).
• Overstreet v. Norden Laboratories, Inc., 229 F. 2d 1286 (6^th Cir. 1982).
• Patterson v. Walker–Thomas Furniture Co., Inc., 277 A.2d 111 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1971).
• Parev Prods. Co. v. I. Rokeach & Sons, Inc., 124 F.2d 147 (2d Cir. 1941).
• Perkins v. Standard Oil Co., 383 P.2d 107, 111–12 (Or. 1963) (en banc).
• Rio Algom Corp. v. Jimco Ltd., 618 P.2d 497, 505 (Utah 1980).
• Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Cent. Packing Co., 341 F.2d 321, 323–4 (10th Cir. 1965).
• Sessions, Inc. v. Morton, 491 F.2d 854, 857 (9th Cir. 1974).
• Teachers Ins. & Annuity Assoc. v. Tribune Co., 670 F. Supp. 491, 497 (S.D.N.Y. 1987).
• Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, Co., 729 S.W. 2d 768 (Tex. App. Hous. (1 Dist.) 1987).
• Univ. of Colo. Found., Inc. v. Am. Cyanamid Co., 342 F.3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 2003).