Grave robbing: The Scales of Justice Now the Scales of the Fat Lady’s Song
Like it or not, Mr. Howard K. Stern, the fat lady has sung.
The 14-year-old case of Anna Nicole Smith claiming that her deceased husband, J. Howard Marshall II, had verbally promised her a portion of his estate has run its course, and then some. And the answer stays the same: In the case of Marshall v. Marshall, Smith’s estate is owed nothing.
Smith’s lawyers, nothing if not creative, tenacious and greedy, ran her case through just about every judicial venue available, wasting others’ time and resources, and denying justice to those more deserving. The pair began their quest with the Texas probate court and then went west to try their hand in a federal bankruptcy court in California. Next they were off to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, before scoring a hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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It is a travesty of justice that the courts have entertained these claims for this long. The Marshall family deserves some peace. And Smith's estate deserves NOTHING.
I think you're right, Stern's time is really running out as far as pursuing Anna Nicole's estate's claim against the Marshall estate. Essentially there is only one more showdown to be had and that is in the 9th circuit, then it is the end of the road. Even before Howard's personal legal trouble (being involved in the absurd over-medication of Anna Nicole which ultimately caused her death) his petition to the Supreme Court was an act of desperation. He must know that this claim is on its last legs and that he has no chance of prevailing.
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