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Charges dismissed
in Hughes case
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — U.S. Dis
trict Court Judge Manuel Real
has thrown out the last of the
lawsuits brought against the
one-time attorney for Howard
Hughes by Summa Corp., the
late billionaire’s holding com
pany.
Real on Monday dismissed
the Summa Corp.’s last three
claims against Chester Davis,
who served as Hughes’ attorney
from 1961 until the billionare’s
death in 1976.
The judge ruled that the one-
year statute of limitations had
expired before the suit, charg
ing mismanagement, was filed
in 1979. On Feb. 12, Real dismis
sed Summa’s $40-million mal
practice lawsuit against Davis.
The last claims involved
charges of Davis’ use of corpo
rate aircraft for his personal use
and Hughes’ purchase of the
Xanadu Princess Hotel in the
Bahamas in 1974 for $7.5 mil
lion, which Summa claimed was
$3 million too much.
The third claim charged that
money from Summa was used to
fund Rosemont Enterprises, a
firm created primarily to own
the rights to biographies of
Hughes, and thus block others
from publishing.
The malpractice suit involved
Hughes’ failure to appear for a
deposition hearing in the legal
battle over his acquisition of Air
West airline. His failure to
appear resulted in a multimil
lion dollar default judgment
against him.
The default led to a settle
ment of $37 million to Air West
shareholders, with the stipula
tion that it could not come from
the Hughes personal estate —
which is still in litigation — but
from his major property,
Summa.
The corporation sued Davis,
saying he failed to give good leg
al advice to Hughes.
Hughes did not leave a will,
which aggravated the complex
legal problems involving Sum
ma and the various properties
under its umbrella.
There was a criminal indict
ment against Hughes, Davis and
others charging stock manipula
tion and conspiracy which was
thrown out of court in Reno,
Nev., because it failed to state a
public offense.
Alirror, mirror, on the wall.
staff photo by Eileen Me
It is sometimes hard to tell whether one is
seeing the real or mirror image of students
in the MSC study area. Here, Lisa Watts,
left, a senior nursing student from Rock
wall, and Carolyn Gose, a graduate student
in finance from Sundance, Wyoming, mak
us wonder.
MSC ARTS COMMITTEE
announces
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Student Art and Craft Competition.
Last day to Enter: March 1,1982
Place: MSC Craft Shop 10 a.m.-IO p.m. daily
Entry Fee: $2.00 per piece (limit 3 pieces a person)
Winning Entries will be displayed in
MSC Gallery
March 2-11, 1982
Gardener hoping everything
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United Press International
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