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payments, and the Island was sold at foreclosure. Then Laney
filed for bankruptcy. Then Laney voluntarily dismissed his Court
of Claims petition.
The Property and Lawsuits
The Island was well situated to house a large-scale primate
breeding and research facility, because of its (1) subtropic
climate, (2) isolation, and (3) biological conditions. R.K., as
contemplated by Laney, would have been the largest primate
research center of its kind in the world. Laney planned to make
a profit from R.K. by renting primate cage space. He also
expected to rent housing and other facilities for the people that
the pharmaceutical companies would send to the Island to conduct
studies. Thus, he worked on a design for hurricane-proof housing
for humans. Also, Laney expected to be able to charge the
pharmaceutical companies for his consulting services in
connection with their studies. He planned to offer the
combination of his expertise in computer planning, his scientific
background, and his understanding of Federal Drug Administration
requirements for approval of drugs. However, he did not intend
to require that the companies that rented facilities on the
Island use his consulting services.
Laney designed a computer system to control R.K. and the
research expected to be conducted in that project. The initial
design for this computer system was completed in 1978. The
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