Supremes Rule in Favor of Anna Nicole Smith - Congrats!

[Yollam]

Okay, this is borderline Lounge material, but personally, I want to applaud SCOTUS for doing the right thing for once. We are trained by movies, etc. from an early age to scorn "gold diggers" like Smith, but I've grown to appreciate their pluck and drive to get a piece of the pie for themselves when they may not have had other avenues open to them.

What business does she have getting the old man's money when his son has spent his whole life enduring luxury and opulence while waiting to inherit the wealth that he had no more part in creating than Anna did. :sarcasm:

Thanks to SCOTUS for giving a dirt-poor girl who worked at the Dairy Queen in Mexia, Texas a shot at the brass ring. I hope Marshall's bitter and worthless son wastes every cent trying to get his dad's money - and loses.

Why are the children of the filthy rich so goddamned scared of going out and making their OWN money from scratch? Isn't it they who always lecture us about bootstraps and such? So why the hell are they always whining about estate taxes, etc? I'm not rich by any stretch, but I'm not waiting for my parents to kick to I can get their stuff. Disgusting. Raise the estate tax on estates over $1 mil. to 90% for all I care. Make your OWN money, spoiled punks!


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"Don't underestimate us "trailer trash"."



http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/indexd?blogid=7

Smith Wins Chance To Chase Millions

AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
The US Supreme Court Monday awarded Anna Nicole Smith the right to continue her legal battle in pursuit of her late oil tycoon husband's millions.

The former Playmate married billionaire J. Howard Marshall in 1994 when she was aged 26 and he 89, but his 1996 death triggered a decade-long legal battle between Smith and her stepson E. Pierce Marshall.

Pierce Marshall disputed Smith's claims her husband had intended to bequeath half his estate to her, insisting the $6 million worth of gifts she accumulated during the 14-month marriage was all she was entitled to.

However, the Supreme Court's Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg insisted the recent ruling in the appeals court, which entitled Smith to nothing, was wrong. The decision means legal warfare between the pair will continue for some time.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

1. This decision was purely procedural

It had to do with jurisdiction, and has NOTHING to do with the validity of Ms. Smith's claim.

If people would just read beyond headlines, they might even understand what this procedural turnaround means. You don't have to be a lawyer to understand it. Now, the court fight continues, just in the proper jurisdiction, that's all.

[Yollam]

2. Thank you for the legal perspective.

And I will be the first to plead ignorance of the legal validity of Ms. Smith's claims to the fortune.

The post is purely visceral - the legal correctness of the decision wasn't really my concern.

But thanks again for the informed info.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. It wasn't a "legal" perspective

It was just a matter of reading the article.

Simple.

Our native tongue. Sort of. If you ignore what we did to the Native Americans............

[hanginthere]

3. a bigger badder SCOTUS?

Does this increase the power of the Supreme Court? Have they given themselves rights formerly given to state courts?