Litigation
Jun. 10, 2015
Gore Vidal's half-sister drops her claim against his estate
Sheppard Mullin partner calls the voluntary dismissal a "total victory" for the famed author's trust and Harvard University.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The half-sister of famed author Gore Vidal has abandoned her 2½-year-old lawsuit
attacking his gift of his multimillion-dollar estate to charity - barely a week before
a defense challenge to the suit was set to be heard.
The action by the sister, Nina Vidal Auchincloss Straight, to dismiss her suit was
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