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A Bunny’s Tale: The Impact of a Playboy Playmate on Federal Jurisdiction

A Bunny's Tale: The Impact of a Playboy Playmate on Federal Jurisdiction
(Published at ConsiderChapter13.org on 1/3/11.)

By Ralph U. Whitten - Introduction by Micheala White
Whitten is the Senator Allen A. Sekt Professor of Law at Creighton University Law School.

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