Legal Opinion
Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Howard R. Hughes, and Hughes Tool Company and Raymond M. Holliday
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 1, 1971No. 13-2379PublishedCited by 290 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
We are presented in this case with cross-appeals from a final judgment entered April 14, 1970, premised upon a previous default judgment, in favor of plaintiff Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) against defendants-appellants Hughes Tool Company and its chief financial officer, Raymond M. Holliday (Tooleo), which, the district court tells us, 312 F.Supp. 478, at 480, is some thirty times greater than the next highest monetary award ever entered.
The extraordinary aspect of this complex litigation is in large measure attributable to the elusiveness of Howard R.…
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