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Anna Nicole Smith's estate denied any of late husband's fortune

Last Updated: 4:17 PM, March 19, 2010

Posted: 3:36 PM, March 19, 2010

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SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had promised her.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest stop in the 15-year legal battle over the $1.6 billion estate that oil magnate J. Howard Marshall left after his 1995 death at age 90.

Smith had married Marshall the previous year and argued that he meant to leave her more than $300 million.

A Texas state court ruled against Smith and in favor of Marshall's son, who argued the model should receive nothing.

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A federal bankruptcy court in Los Angeles later awarded her $474 million. A federal trial court later reduced that to $89 million.

Lawyers for the son's estate say they hope the litigation is at an end with Friday's ruling.

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    jrfromdallas

    03/19/2010 11:23 PM

    How soon until the photo of that loser Birkhead taking the daughter to the grave site so he can now spit on it. I have a feeling she's laughing at that loser with the hyena like cackle.

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    ny_reader

    03/19/2010 9:44 PM

    It's a shame that the man that old decided to get married with a 26 year old. He should have been accounted for and pay for his actions.

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    donebyproxy

    03/19/2010 8:57 PM

    That baby girl of hers will be on a church stoop by six am.

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    christine doe

    03/19/2010 6:02 PM

    Sawdustone, I'm the next heir to that estate. LOL

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    Leugim

    03/19/2010 5:51 PM

    She was a topless dancer in Houston, I believe.

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    sawdustone

    03/19/2010 5:41 PM

    So, in the end it is only the friggin lawyers that get the money......The old man has passed and so has the son. Are there any heirs to this estate?

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