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Legal settlement payments.

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Prejudgment and post judgment interest.

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Impact of Litigation on Liquidity (Details Textual) (USD $)	9 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	May 09, 2012	May 04, 2012	Apr. 24, 2012	May 31, 2012 HFL Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 HFL Loan [Member]	May 31, 2012 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Brookwood Laminating Inc [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Hallwood Energy L P [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Hallwood Energy L P [Member]	Aug. 31, 2012 Hallwood Energy L P [Member]	May 09, 2012 Hallwood Energy L P [Member]	May 04, 2012 Hallwood Energy L P [Member]
Impact of Litigation on Liquidity (Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of maximum limit permitted annual discretionary dividend	50.00%
Litigation reserve in the adversary proceeding									$ 2,079,000	$ 7,500,000
Payments for legal settlements									101,000		101,000	17,947,000	3,774,000
Attorney fees	4,000,000								4,000,000
Dividend					10,000,000		8,000,000
Outstanding balance on the HFL Loan						9,000,000
Principal repayment on HFL Loan					1,000,000	1,000,000
Anticipated Refunds of Federal Income Taxes						5,000,000
Maximum aggregate amount of dividends or distributions								15,000,000
Previously disbursed dividend or distribution							8,000,000
Impact of Litigation on Liquidity (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Proceeding issued judgment awarding damages				18,700,000
Payment to satisfy judgment, including prejudgment and postjudgment interest		$ 17,947,000	$ 3,774,000