Bufford awarded Smith $475 million (after asking to review her Playboy centerfold in his office) – but the bizarre ruling was quickly overturned by two appellate courts.
Holy moley!
I believe there was an earlier one that referred to "only the Marshall money" and this later one refers to 6% of "everything and anything".
IIRC, he said he would serve as executor for the estate without charge.
The NY Times article above said that Buford’s ruling was akin to a “death sentence” in the legal world. A law professor is quoted stating that Buford’s ruling is highly unusual considering the fact that it sends the case back to Texas with a tremendous advantage for ANS. Fortunately it was quickly slapped down.
And wasn’t the document in question the one HKS pilfered from the opponent’s desk at the trial in Texas? That caused the Texas Judge to declare HKS should be disbarred?
You raise a very good question. Was there a prior connection between HKS/his law firm and Judge Buford? How deep does this corruption go?