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In his position with Prudential, Ballard met and was in
contact with attorneys, developers, businessmen, and contractors
involved in or affected by Prudential’s acquisition and/or
development, maintenance, operation, and financing activities.
Ballard first met Kanter sometime in 1972 at Houston, Texas, in
connection with the opening of the Houston Hyatt Hotel. As
indicated previously, Kanter represented the Pritzker family, the
majority shareholder/owners of Hyatt Corp. At the Houston Hyatt
Hotel’s opening, Ballard was introduced to Kanter by A.N.
Pritzker (the head of the Pritzker family), who told Ballard that
Kanter was A.N. Pritzker’s “everything”. In the succeeding
years, Kanter and Ballard had numerous business and professional
contacts with each other.
Petitioner Mary B. Ballard, Ballard’s wife, was not
involved, except in a very limited way, in any of the activities
giving rise to this litigation. She is a petitioner in these
proceedings solely because she filed joint Federal income tax
returns with Ballard for the years at issue.
C. Robert W. Lisle (STJ report at 22-23)
Lisle was also an employee of Prudential from September 1950
to April 1982. He was also employed in the real estate
department at Prudential, in real estate development and in
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