Word: lummises
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hughes left much agony behind for others. During his lifetime, he always played off both friends and enemies against one another and thus set the stage for the power struggle now under way. In the first months after his death, it seemed that the longtime Summa insiders and his heirs...
When Lummis tried to impose his will on the Old Guard, Davis struck back in a Delaware court by seeking to have him removed as co-administrator of the estate, charging that Lummis had a conflict of interest as both co-administrator and Summa chairman. Lummis' answer was to...
Meanwhile, Lummis, in an effort to stop the losses at Summa's casinos in Nevada, has hired Phil Hannifin, former chairman of the Nevada gaming-control board, to run the gambling operations. He will report directly to Lummis, strengthening Lummis' control over day-to-day operations.
For the moment, Davis is secure within the medical institute fortress. In fact, he has a far more profitable part of the empire than Lummis. Still, the ultimate solution of the conflict depends on a Hughes will-if there is a valid one. George Francom, a personal aide, has testified...
Led by Lummis, Hughes' heirs, who number 23 in all, are contesting the Mormon will. They want the estate to be divided according to a formula that would give nearly one-quarter to Lummis' mother and distribute the rest among the others. Davis, meanwhile, is starting his own...