Court throws out $88.5 million award to Anna Nicole Smith

[truthpusher]

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Court throws out $88.5 million award to Anna Nicole Smith

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court Thursday 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, an oil tycoon who died at age 90 just over a year after they wed.

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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 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.

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"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.


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[Benhurst]

1. So much for family values. The old goat did MARRY her, after all. NT

[MSgt213]

5. I agree he did marry her and no matter how long it lasted or what kind of

marriage it was they were legally married. So why isn't entitled to anything.

[Pepperbelly]

10. I expect that he was a happy man for the last year of his life. nt

[IStriker]

30. I think he probably was happy and for whatever reason...

I like Anna and I'm sorry to hear this. I think she is absolutely georgeous (even when she was fat) and no matter how terrible she acts at times. She's just a beautiful creature in my opinion.

[MissBrooks]

22. I agree..

I think it's so weird that this is still in the courts.
Just give her the money and let it go.

[American Parnell]

2. Interesting

Speaking as a 96 year old Oil tycoon from the South, I, for one, am glad to see that someone will stand up and fight against the mistakes that I might make with my money, such as giving ALL OF IT TO A STRIPPER I JUST MET.

[Merlin]

6. Wow! Welcome to DU, American Parnell.

I guess this means you are free to fool around without endangering your kid's inheritance. :-)

[Benhurst]

13. On the other hand, this country is full of bad marriages, and

poorly chosen mates. Is Big Brother going to have the final say?

So much for the institution of marriage.

[Tinoire]

7. If you marry her without a will for your children that's your stupidity.

Nasty old men preying on young girl's flesh. Urgh.

* Anna Nicole- no angel. Pure bimbo. But firm, eye-feasting flesh.

* Nasty old men who still think it's about young firm fresh flesh with not a thinking thought behind it- urgh.

I'm tired of excusing your penises.

[Pepperbelly]

11. Actually ... I do not know that he had much use for son.

But for Anna Nicole...

Hey, it's their business and I, for one, never speculate about the inner-workings of families. There are sooooo many dynamics going on that no one outside the family can sort it out.

[Mr_Spock]

3. Good - I wish that stupid troll would just go away

I never want to see her retarded ass again

[Pepperbelly]

12. Why do you want to hate on Anna?

I mean ... shit ... what's she done to you?

:shrug:

[Mr_Spock]

14. That stupid lying, sleazy, retarded moron who is all over my damn TV?

Maybe you want your children thinking that a lying sleazy whore is a person we should be idolizing, I wish she would just crawl up under a rock and go away.

[Pepperbelly]

15. sanctimonious much?

So judgemental. Use your remote if you don't want to see her. I think that hating on someone never harms anyone more than he who does the hating.

:D

[Mr_Spock]

18. Sleazy mindless good for nothing trailer-whore with no morals?

I despise people like that - this country would be a large trash-can if everyone had her view of the world (assuming she has a mind).

[Pepperbelly]

19. Kris Kristoferson had it right in Jesus Was a Capricorn, eh?

Seriously, I let none of these folk push my buttons outside of an occasional political commenter that makes me boil with outrage but it is usually over something concrete rather than conclusions I have made about them personally, particularly if I have never met them.

Have you met Anna?

I haven't.

I STILL bet that was the best year the old guy had had in a very, very long time.

FWIW, calling people "trash" is untoward. I would certainly hate to made a decision that some were so much of no value that they could be considered rubbish and disposable. But I do usually give most people the benefit of the doubt.

:D

Peace.

Edited because my typing sometimes sucks and because I did want to acknowledge that Paris Hilton has no ASS. None at all. Amazing, eh?

[Mr_Spock]

21. Paris Hilton is my kind of slut. Anna? She disgusts me in every way.

I just can't give her a chance - I had the displeasure of having to watch her when she did that embarrassing show on "E" where she showed just about every aspect of her life - and ignorance. If after seeing what she considers to be "life" for several nerve-racking hours doesn't give me enough information to judge her by, then I don't know what does. She was trying to be herself on the show - and she succeeded. What a disgusting shallow buffoon she is - I get physically ill when I see her image now - DISGUSTING!!

[Pepperbelly]

23. I'm okay with Anna except ...

for her preferences for old rich geezers. I would be okay with the geezer part ( :D ) it's the rich part that bothers me a little.

Paris still has no ass. And she was totally mean to the first season family. Anna, OTOH, keeps her friends and as near as I can tell doesn't fight with anyone except the asshole step-son and Bobby Trendie.

:smoke:

[Mr_Spock]

24. OK, it's decided. Anna = your sleazy slut, Paris = my sleazy slut

This way we don't have to fight over 'em!

:D

[Pepperbelly]

28. Hey ... I liked the fat Anna so what does that say for me?

Except what I admit freely: I am both perverse and eccentric.

[rocktivity]

4. "Her lawyer, Howard K. Stern,

said the TV reality show star would ask the full appeals court to rehear the case, and would appeal to the Supreme Court if necessary."

She hired Howard Stern? No wonder she lost. But at least it gave Anna the opportunity to pull herself up by the bootstraps and get a real job shilling for Trimspa diet pills.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Tinoire]

8. Well, it's not like that silicon casing is very bright. n/t

[Tinoire]

9. Somebody remind me again how much the US has given to the Indian O victims

$35 million if I recall.... and $20 million of that a loan.

Mind boggling.

[HamdenRice]

16. Anna has been denied justice!!!

I have read several of the opinions that were generated by the case and frankly, whatever you think of Anna as a person, she had an exceptionally strong case and the only reason she has been denied a share in her late husband's estate is (1) incredibly blatant fraud by her son in law and (2) prejudice against young brides of older men.

I hate to say this about so trivial a person, but she truly has been denied justice.

[CO Liberal]

17. How Mush Did E. Pierce Marshall Donate to the Bush Campaign??

Is this his reward?

:shrug:

[FDRrocks]

20. This might be him....

MR. PIERCE MARSHALL
PRESIDENT
MAROPCO
George W. Bush
$2,000 5917 CLUB OAKS DR (map)
DALLAS, TX 75248

Same state, relatively same name, and searching for "Maropco" turned up a few likeks related to oil exploration.

[Fiona]

25. Are you suggesting

the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals did Bush's bidding over a campaign contribution?

[CO Liberal]

26. Wouldn't Surprise Me

Stranger thing have happed, thanks to the Bush Family Evil Empire.

[Fiona]

27. well let's think about it

the most anybody can contribute to a candidate is $2,000. So somehow, Bush, in exchange for 2k, got a majority of the most liberal appeals court in the land to overturn a decision.

Whose contribution affected the 9th Circuit when they voted to remove "under God" from the pledge?

[LeftyMom]

29. The Ninth Circuit?

NO way. If the Buhsies liked the 9th they wouldn't be trying to split it up or challenging so many of thier rulings, such as Newdow v EGUSD and damn near every ruling related to medicinal marijuana.