good Lord have mercy

[briannell]

Anna nicole gets to address the Supreme Court her fake boobs have more intelligence than she has i can't see any lawyer worth his salt actually allowing her to testify in court.


Ms. Smith Goes to Washington

Monday, February 27, 2006

By Kimberly Guilfoyle



Hey folks, it's me, Kimberly Guilfoyle and you've landed on "The Lineup's" Web page. Thanks for stopping by.

We're going to take a look at a lighter case that's making headlines: Anna Nicole Smith is going before the Supreme Court — and that's a long way from her humble roots as a girl from a small Texas town.

For the past 11 years, Anna has been fighting a legal battle with the son of her dead husband. They've been fighting over hundreds of millions of dollars.

Anna Nicole and Howard Marshall were married back in 1994 and were only together for 14 months before he died. She was 26 years old, he was 89.

As the widow, Anna feels she deserves to a part of his fortune and it's been debated, ruled upon and overturned in various courts. Now the case is making its way to the highest court in the land.

The Supreme Court will now have to sort it all out and, no matter what it decides, the case will return to the lower courts and continue to drag on. Sometimes, that's just the way the law works! I'm sure Anna will continue to figure out a way to remain in the spotlight regardless.

Send your e-mails to lineup@foxnews.com and let me know what you think of Anna's case.

I'll see you all again next week. Thanks for stopping by!

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[RyeCat]

If it makes you feel any better, she probably won't be testifying. I think by the time they get to the Supreme Court all of the testimony has been recorded and the Court is looking at the decisions that have led up to case being brought to the high court.

[briannell]

Ex-Playmate gets Supreme Court's ear
At issue is her right to sue for share of late husband's fortune

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court appeared ready Tuesday to bless Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's pursuit of a piece of her late husband's oil fortune.

The court waded into an 11-year family feud over the estate of J. Howard Marshall II, who died at age 90 after a brief marriage to Smith.

The case is dominated by themes of sex, greed and deception.

"It's quite a story," Justice Stephen Breyer marveled.

Marshall's youngest son, E. Pierce Marshall, claims that he is the sole heir and that Smith's legal fight is dead because she lost in a Texas probate court. ( Watch the son's spokesman call Smith "trailer park trash" -- 1:21)

Justices appeared unwilling to buy that.

Smith, a former stripper known for her flashy, cleavage-revealing outfits, watched from the back of the court, dressed in black.

Her lawyers said she was in tears during part of the argument when justices discussed her late husband.

Justices tread delicately on the subject matter.

$1.6 billion fortune
Chief Justice John Roberts said the case involved "a substantial amount of assets," an apparent reference to the fortune amassed by her husband of 14 months, estimated at as much as $1.6 billion.

The court's other new member, Samuel Alito, remained silent as did Justice Clarence Thomas.

Otherwise, it was a lively debate that included many references to Smith and her plight, although justices referred to her by her given name, Vickie Lynn.

Breyer said there was evidence that the will was forged and that the son hired private detectives to keep Smith away from her elderly husband's sick bed.

She was a 26-year-old topless dancer, divorced with a son, when she and Marshall were married. One of her husband's nurses testified that Smith bared her breasts to the bedridden man as part of her effort to get an inheritance.

Justice David Souter distilled her claims in only a few words: "I just want some money from this guy."

Showered with gifts
Her late husband, a widower with a penchant for strippers, showered Smith with gifts including two homes, jewelry and clothes.

In addition, she contends that he promised her half his estate.

G. Eric Brunstad Jr., the lawyer for the son, said that a Texas court investigated her claims during a five-month trial and rejected them. He said that Smith had no grounds to bring a separate claim in federal court in California.

He faced tough comments from the justices who seemed hesitant to limit the federal courts' reach.

"That's just not the way our system works," said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman justice who was especially feisty in her questioning.

"I don't see your logic," Souter told Brunstad.

The case requires the court to clarify when federal courts may hear claims that involve state probate proceedings.

Media horde
About two dozen photographers swarmed Smith and her attorney as they left through a side door of the court building after the hearing, then sped away in a black SUV. She declined to answer questions.

Earlier, when she arrived, several photographers were knocked to the ground in their zeal to get a picture of Smith, dressed in a knee-length dress, high heels and black sunglasses.

Smith, the spokeswoman for a diet product company, was awarded $474 million by a federal bankruptcy judge. That was later reduced by a federal district judge and then thrown out altogether by a federal appeals court on jurisdictional grounds.

Justices seemed ready to overturn the appeals court, although a Supreme Court victory now would not guarantee that Smith will receive any money.
Pierce Marshall said in a statement after the argument that a "decision to return the case to the lower courts still leaves us with numerous other grounds."

"If necessary, each of those remaining grounds will be pursued vigorously," he said.

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[RyeCat]

I know that several Montanans were in the Supreme Court chambers to hear these proceedings today. I'll have to get the rundown and see what they thought of the case and Mrs. Smith.

[briannell]

hey if lap dances for old men get you 454 million dollars, I say sign me up!

really, I know she's dumb as dumb can get, but wow for being stupid, she sure made ALOT of money.