Legal Opinion
Levitt Corp. v. Levitt
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 22, 1979No. Nos. 530, 553, Dockets 78-7520, 78-7606PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
In 1929, William J. Levitt founded Levitt and Sons. In the intervening decades, Levitt and Sons has risen to national prominence in the housing industry, but the original founder and owner has relinquished his role. We are asked to determine the extent to which Mr. Levitt, having sold both his company and the goodwill it has accumulated over the years, may publicize his name *465and record of experience, as he embarks on new ventures in real estate development.
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William Levitt was, until January 1968, the controlling shareholder of Levitt and Sons (a New York…
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