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O n page 5, l i ne 3 of the par agr aph, r epl ace “ I nt er nat i onl ” w ith “ I nt er nat i onal ”.

O n page 14, l as ttw o l i nes of the ful l par agr aph, ( 1) r epl ace “n. 11, n. 12” w i th “nn. 11–12” and ( 2) r epl ace “n. 23, n. 27” w i th “nn. 23, 27”.

O n page 17, l i ne 4–5 of the ful l par agr aph, r epl ace “497 U
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ro m th e b o tto m o f

th e p a g e , (1 ) in se rt “ of

Louis vi l l e, K y. ” a fter “A ss’n ” and be for e “ v. Stew art ” and ( 2) r epl ace “ E nter . ” w i th “ E nters. ”.

O n page 20, l i ne 11 of the ful l par agr aph, r epl ace “fordamages w oul d” w i th “fordamages coul d”.

O n page 23, l i ne 4 of the “W hen ant i trus tvi ol at or s . . . ” par agr aph, r epl ace “i n tw o w ay s ” w i th “i n tw o form s ”.

O n page 24, l i ne 3, r epl ace “770–772” w i th “770–72”. O n p ag e 2 5 , li n e 9 , inse rta “ 2 ” b ef o re “ P h il li p ” a n d af

ter “ See ”. O n p a g e 2 5 , li n e s 6

– 7 o f th e “ A c o u rt m ig h t . . .” p a ra g ra p h , rep lac e th is tex t: ( obs ervi ng thateven i f the “pa s s - on [def ens e] w er e perm i t t ed

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endants how [ed] that w ith th is te x t: ( obs ervi ng thateven i f the pas s - on defe ns e w er e perm i t t ed and “ the

defe ndants how [ed] that O n page 26, l i ne 19, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” af t er “A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda e t a l. , supra ”.

O n p a g e 2 7 , las t li n e , rep lac e th e sin g le q u o tatio n m a rk s a ro u n d “ lo st” w ith do ub l e qu otat i on m arks.5 O n p ag e 2 7 , lastli n e, be g in a n ew b lock -qu o te pa rag rap h an d ind en t bef o re “ .
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O n page 28, l i ne 1, r epl ace the “[ ] ” w i th an el l i ps i s “.
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. O n page 29, l i ne 19, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” af t er “A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda e t a l. , supra ”.

O n page 30, l i ne 3, r ever s e “that ” and “ ( 1) ” s o thatthe t extr eads “i m pl y i ng ( 1) thatpas t ”. O n p ag e 3 2 , li n e 1 o f th e b lock q u o te, ind en t w ith in the b lock q u o te be fo re “ I l l i nois B r i ck”.

O n page 32, l i ne 6 of the bl ock quot e, s t arta new bl ock- quot e par agr aph and i ndentbefor e “ .
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O n p a g e 3 2 , li n e 8 o f

th e b lo c k q u o te, re p lac e “ f ix in g th e p ric e ” w ith “fi xi ng thatpr i ce”
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O n page 33, l i ne 10, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” af t er “A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda e t a l. , supra ”.

O n p ag e 3 3 , li n e 1 0 , inse rt“(f o o tno te om itted)” af

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o re “. ”. O n page 33, l i ne 4 of the “I n fac t , a r ece nt. . . ” par agr aph, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” af t er“A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda et a l. , supra ”. O n page 33, footnot e 9, l i ne 1, del et e the comm a betw een “ A r eeda ” and “ et a l. ”. O n page 34, footnot e 10, l i ne 3, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” aft er“A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda e t a l. , supra ”.

O n page 35, l i ne 1, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” af t er6

“A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda e t a l. , supra ”.

O n page 37, footnot e 12, l i ne 4, i ns erta hyphen betw een “ pr i ce” and “fi xi ng”. O n page 38, l i nes 12–13, change the hea di ng t o a ques t i on r eadi ng “W hy do w e adopta “l i m i t ed” ge ner al co- cons pi r at orexce pt i on?”.

O n page 38, s econd l i ne fr om the bott om , r epl ace “) , or ” w i th “)

— or ”. O n page 42, footnot e 15, s econd pa r agr aph, l i ne 7, i ns erta comm a af t er “ i
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th e “ F u rth e r, ev e ryC o u rt . . .” p a ra g ra p h , ins e rt “ 5 th C i r . ” betw een “ ( “ and “ 1975) ”.

O n p a g e 4 6 , las t li n e , d e lete th e sin g le q u o tatio n m a rk s a ro u n d “ p riv a te att orney s gener al ”.

O n page 47, l i ne 7, i ns ert“i nt ernal ” betw een “ ci t at i on and” a nd “quot at i on m arks ”. O n page 47, footnot e 18, l i ne 1, i ns erta “2” befor e “A r eeda ” and a n “ e t a l. ” aft er“A r eeda ”, m aki ng the t extr ead thus : “2 A r eeda e t a l. , supra ”. B yth e C o u rt, / s /T hom as L
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