Alpert v. Shea Gould Climenko & Casey
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
These consolidated actions arise out of investments made by plaintiffs-appellants George Alpert (Alpert) and Lee Wolfman (Wolfman) in a tax shelter known as the Logan Properties Program (Logan) and the issuance of tax opinions by the defendant law firms in connection therewith.
On December 30, 1977 Alpert and Wolfman, who were facing substantial income tax liability for that year, invested $52,500 each in Logan which was structured by the defendant Esanu, Katsky and Korins (the Esanu firm) and managed by Churchill Coal Corporation. The chief attraction of this…
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