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Chron: Ruling blocks Anna Nicole Smith from fortune

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  1. Rockets34Legend

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    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory2/2971569

    Dec. 30, 2004, 5:27PM

    LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court today threw out a judge's ruling that awarded $88.5 million to former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith from the estate of her late husband, a Houston oil tycoon who died at age 90 just over a year after they wed.

    The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a Texas probate court's decision that the oilman's son was his sole heir should stand. The appeals court said the federal judge in California who ruled in Smith's favor in 2002 should never have even heard the case.

    The decision comes after years of wrangling in three courts over the fortune of J. Howard Marshall II.

    Smith met him in 1991 when she was working as a stripper. The couple married three years later when she was 26 and he was 89.

    "After nine years of litigation, I'm very pleased by the judgment issued by the 9th Circuit upholding my father's wishes regarding disposition of his assets," E. Pierce Marshall said in a statement.

    A call to Smith's attorney was not immediately returned.

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    She better start campaigning more TrimSpa...
     
    #1 Rockets34Legend, Dec 30, 2004
  2. lpbman

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    Wow I hope my dying wishes are ignored and my will thrown into the garbage by lawyers
     
    #2 lpbman, Dec 30, 2004
  3. Major Malcontent

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    I betcha stock in certain prescription drug companies plummetted.
     
    #3 Major Malcontent, Dec 30, 2004
  4. RIET

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    If he really wanted to give her his estate, he couldve used trusts not wills. He probably realized the will would be contested and both parties would expend time, energy, and expense to get his fortune. He's probably laughing from his grave right now.
     
    #4 RIET, Dec 30, 2004
  5. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Nah, he is pissed that JVG can't figure out how to take a team with Tmac and Yao and get them over .500.

    DD
     
    #5 DaDakota, Dec 30, 2004
  6. MadMax

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    no kidding. very discouraging.
     
    #6 MadMax, Dec 31, 2004
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    I thought her name was not mentioned in his will and only in alleged verbal promises by the deceased.
     
    #7 padgett316, Dec 31, 2004
  8. RocketMan Tex

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    And so begins the hard core p*rnography career of one Anna Nicole Smith.......
     
    #8 RocketMan Tex, Dec 31, 2004
  9. Rocket River

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    I feel u guys
    Golddigging is something that should be encouraged

    Rocket River
     
    #9 Rocket River, Dec 31, 2004
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