(USSC )Anna Nicole Smith gets OK to seek inheritance

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BREAKING: SUPREME COURT RULES FORMER PLAYMATE ANNA NICOLE SMITH CAN PURSUE PART OF HER LATE HUSBAND'S FORTUNE

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12577236/from/ET/

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Anna Nicole Smith gets OK to seek inheritance
Supreme Court is unanimous in battle over late husband's oil fortune
May 1, 2006
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that one-time stripper and Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith could pursue part of her late husband’s oil fortune.

Justices gave new legal impetus to Smith’s bid to collect millions of dollars from the estate of J. Howard Marshall II. Her late husband’s estate has been estimated at as much as $1.6 billion.<snip>

At issue in the legal battle was competing court jurisdiction. A Texas court held a five-month trial before deciding that Smith was entitled to nothing from Marshall’s estate. Smith brought a separate claim in federal court in California.

Justices said Monday that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong in ruling that federal courts could not handle Smith’s case.<snip>