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

Rolls-Royce Motors, Inc. v. Charles Schmitt & Co.

Decided April 3, 1987. Peter Keeton Leisure wrote the opinion for the court.

657 F. Supp. 1040 · Cited 62 times

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Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co. v. Barnes & Reinecke, Inc. · 15 N.Y.2d 443
Laufer v. Ostrow · 55 N.Y.2d 305
Soltex Polymer Corp. v. Fortex Industries, Inc. · 590 F. Supp. 1453
Fantis Foods, Inc. v. Standard Importing Co. · 49 N.Y.2d 317
Delagi v. Volkswagenwerk AG of Wolfsburg · 29 N.Y.2d 426
Bryant v. Finnish National Airline · 15 N.Y.2d 426
Miller v. Surf Properties, Inc. · 4 N.Y.2d 475
Sybron Corp. v. Wetzel · 46 N.Y.2d 197
George Reiner & Co. v. Schwartz · 41 N.Y.2d 648
Bulk Oil (USA) Inc. v. Sun Oil Trading Co. · 584 F. Supp. 36
Moyglare Stud Farm, Ltd. v. Due Process Stable, Inc. · 562 F. Supp. 289
Calder v. Jones · 465 U.S. 783
Van Dusen v. Barrack · 376 U.S. 612
McGowan v. Smith · 52 N.Y.2d 268
Frummer v. Hilton Hotels International, Inc. · 19 N.Y.2d 533
Rosenberg Bros. & Co. v. Curtis Brown Co. · 260 U.S. 516
Honda Associates, Inc. v. Nozawa Trading, Inc. · 374 F. Supp. 886
Amigo Foods Corp. v. Marine Midland Bank · 39 N.Y.2d 391
Manchester Modes, Inc. v. Lilli Ann Corporation · 306 F. Supp. 622
Jaffe v. Boyles · 616 F. Supp. 1371
Loria & Weinhaus, Inc. v. H. R. Kaminsky & Sons, Inc. · 495 F. Supp. 253
Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co. · 342 U.S. 180
Tauza v. . Susquehanna Coal Co. · 115 N.E. 915
Top Form Mills, Inc. v. Sociedad Nationale Industria Applicazioni Viscosa · 428 F. Supp. 1237
Elish v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway · 305 N.Y. 267

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