Man, that’s got to hurt

Like Hamer v. Sidway, it’s really a case about inter vivos gifts, not contracts, but in case you missed it, Anna Nicole Smith—a/k/a Mrs. Vickie Lynn Marshall—has lost her battle for $88 million from the estate of her octogenarian spouse.  The Ninth Circuit held that the district court that awarded Smith/Marshall (left) the money lacked jurisdiction.  The opinioni is here.