The Economic Times

Anna Nicole Smith won $474 million in her fight over her billionaire husband's fortune, but the Supreme Court took it all away; what happened?

After his death, Smith began a legal battle over his estate in Texas. She challenged the inheritance arrangements and argued that she was entitled to a share of her husband's wealth. The Texas probate proceedings did not go in her favour. The dispute then moved into federal bankruptcy proceedings in California. Smith's stepson, E. Pierce Marshall, had filed a defamation claim against her in those proceedings.