Tuesday, February 28, 2006

make your own jokes.

The Supreme Court today will hear the case of Anna Nicole Marshall, nee Smith, who if you'll recall overcame her trailer-park stripper-pole roots and shot to fame as aPlayboy Playmate of the Year and Guess? girl. Then came the marriage to the 108-year-old oil tycoon, the widely-publicized widowhood, the bloat, the E! show, and the inevitable post-cancellation diet product sponsorship deal.

I am DYING to hear oral argument. (...and typing that just made me snicker, because i am twelve.) Sadly, i don't know anything about the case, but apparently it has to do with federal v. state jurisdiction. I don't see why a federal court would have jurisdiction over a will contest, but what do i know. The Post says the federal courts got involved when she filed for bankruptcy, which is exclusively federal, but i still don't get how that action translates into their taking over jurisdiction on whether the tycoon's son falsified his will to cut her out of it.

Poor Anna Nicole. Although i'm sure she'll be so doped up she won't have the faintest clue what's going on in the courtroom. I would pay good money, however, to watch her make googley eyes at Scalia.

1 Comments:

At 8:43 PM, Blogger Jen said...

From what I understand, there are differing rulings out of California and Texas on whether she should receive a cut of her late husband's estate. The Feds are going to sort of which court (CA or TX) has jurisdiction.

 

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