California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Apparel v. Sportswear, B203995, No. BC319612 (Cal. App. 2010):
The elements of a conversion cause of action are "the plaintiffs ownership or right to possession of the property at the time of the conversion; the defendant's conversion by a wrongful act or disposition of property rights; and damages." (Haro v. Ibarra (2009) 180 Cal.App.4th 823, 835; see Hernandez v. Lopez (2009) 180 Cal.App.4th 932, 939.) Defendants challenge the first element, arguing that plaintiffs did not have the right to ownership or possession of the post-termination jeans because Unzipped had cancelled the orders for those jeans. Defendants rely on a September 9, 2004 letter from
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