Under the Restatement, if there are successive assignments of the same right:
A) the first assignee to notify the obligor prevails.
B) a subsequent assignee is entitled to the assigned right unless a prior assignee gave value and obtains either a judgment against the obligor or a new contract with the obligor.
C) a prior assignee is entitled to the assigned right to the exclusion of a subsequent assignee in most circumstances.
D) the latest assignee is usually entitled to the assigned right.

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Under the Restatement (Second) of Contracts, the general rule is that the first assignee in time has the superior right, unless a subsequent assignee can prove that they gave value and took certain additional steps to protect their interest.

Under the Restatement, If There Are Successive Assignments of the Same