Levitt v. Levitt

In February, 1972, a long-standing intimacy between the Levitt brothers dissolved in a barrage of recrimination, spawning lawsuits both criminal and civil. The civil actions arose from their tangled finances and the various seizures of each other’s valuables alleged to have taken place when the amity they previously enjoyed broke down. Irving brought his suit against Paul and his wife on June 6, 1972; they brought theirs against him on June 27,1972. The two cases were tried together to a master on various dates in 1974, the trial lasting three weeks and producing, apparently, twenty or more…