The late Anna Nicole Smith leaves the US Supreme Court in
Washington in this 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce
Ceneta,File)
A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate
will receive none of the more than $US300 ($NZ407.9) million
that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest stop in the
15-year legal battle over the $US1.6 billion estate that oil
magnate J. Howard Marshall left after his 1995 death at age
90. Smith had married Marshall the previous year.
The appeals court ruled Friday that a Texas jury's 2001
verdict should be honored because it had heard from all
parties during the five-month trial. The jury ruled in favor
of Marshall's son, E. Pierce Marshall.
The appeals court says subsequent federal court decisions
that granted Smith various parts of Marshall's fortune should
be ignored.
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