U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Dumas

Decided March 26, 1997. Lewis A. Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

960 F. Supp. 710 · Cited 66 times

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Rakestraw v. Rodrigues · 500 P.2d 1401
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Dumas · 831 F. Supp. 295
Dufresne v. Elite Insurance Co. · 26 Cal. App. 3d 916
South Sacramento Drayage Co. v. Campbell Soup Co. · 220 Cal. App. 2d 851
Columbia Outfitting Co. v. Freeman · 36 Cal. 2d 216
Quaker State Minit-Lube, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 868 F. Supp. 1278
Sigmon v. Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl · 901 F. Supp. 667
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v. T & N PLC · 905 F. Supp. 107
Cumis Insurance Society, Inc. v. Citibank · 921 F. Supp. 1100
Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. · 926 F. Supp. 371

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