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Reflects the minimum future amendment to the limited partnership agreement interests in the reporting period.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The difference between the reacquisition price and the net carrying amount of the extinguished debt recognized currently as a component of income in the period of extinguishment, net of tax.

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Amount of expenses related to the managing member or general partner for management of the day-to-day business functions of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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JUSTICE INVESTORS (Details Textual) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
JUSTICE INVESTORS (Details Textual) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2008	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 18, 2013	Dec. 19, 2013 General Partner [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 General Partner [Member]	Dec. 18, 2013 General Partner [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Altenative Redemption Structure [Member]	Dec. 31, 2008 Portsmouth [Member]	Dec. 31, 2008 Evon [Member]
Justice Investors [Line Items]
Amendment To Limited Partnership Agreement Interests	98.00%
Minimum Future Amendment To Limited Partnership Agreement Interests	75.00%
Annual Revenues Of Partnership Percentage	1.50%
General Partner Contribution To Asset Managers	$ 75,000
Minimum Annual Compensation	285,000
Allocated Compensation Percentage									80.00%	20.00%
Allocated Excess Compensation Percentage									50.00%
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				50.00%			93.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent					29.173%
Partners' Capital Account, Redemptions					1,385,000			1,385,000
Partners Capital, Tendered Percentage					1.00%			1.00%
Partners Capital, Additional Partnership Percent						17.146%
Proceeds from Partnership Contribution								2,928,000
Restricted Cash Redemption		0	16,163,000					16,163,000
Restructuring and Related Cost, Expected Cost								6,681,000
Management Fee Expense								1,550,000
Legal Fees		365,000						431,000
Payments for Other Taxes								4,700,000
Extinguishment of Debt, Gain (Loss), Net of Tax						3,910,000
Payments of Debt Extinguishment Costs						3,808,000
Short-term Debt, Refinanced, Amount						102,000
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital						$ 64,100,000