Civil Litigation
Sep. 1, 2021
Mistrial requested in theatre magnate inheritance dispute
Robert A. Naify owned the movie theater chain United Artists Theaters, and his family started fighting over the billion-dollar inheritance following his death in 2016.
Lawyers have filed for mistrial in a case involving a woman who previously failed to convince a judge that she should inherit hundreds of millions of dollars in assets due to oral promises made by her stepfather.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. wrote in a statement of decision on June 28 that Christina Cortese lacked clear evidence to claim Rober...
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