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Article: Jewish refugee families press for equitySephardic groups use Coca-Cola trespass suit to reveal misfortunes of thousands in era of Middle East conflict.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- April 12, 2007
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Byline: Ron Grossman
Apr. 12--A little-noticed U.S. Supreme Court decision has reopened a forgotten chapter in Middle East history with far-reaching implications for the torturous, often violent politics of the region. The court recently declined Coca-Cola Co.'s request to review a lower court's decision allowing a Canadian Jewish family to sue the soft-drink giant for trespass. The case was brought by the heirs of Joshias Bigio, a businessman in Egypt until its government expropriated his enterprises in the 1960s. Thirty years later, Bigio's son, Refael, discovered that Coke was using one of his father's factories as part of its Egyptian bottling operations ...
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