[stm]

This woman was the center of controversy when she was alive and has continued this tradition in death. This whole situation has gotten totally out of hand.

The real star here is Judge Larry Seidlin, who is a trip (to say the least) to watch. His presence on the bench is somewhere between a hard line, "hang 'em high" judge and a stand up (sit down?) comedian.

[TexasCajun]

I've noticed The Media has stopped calling Howard K. Stern Anna's husband after it was initially reported that they had gotten married?

[TexasCajun]

There is not a single aspect of Anna's life that wasn't being litigated or investigated.

Death
Marriage
Daughter
Son
Residency
Bahama home
Trim-Spa

[Niteranger68]

This is too easy. Stern is a lawyer, so he knows exactly how to get the money. ANS and her son were murdered in two different countries specifically to complicate the investigation. Hello???

[CFC__VRWC]

The real star here is Judge Larry Seidlin, who is a trip (to say the least) to watch. His presence on the bench is somewhere between a hard line, "hang 'em high" judge and a stand up (sit down?) comedian.

There was an column posted here a few days back from the Sun Sentinel written by some humorless liberal (are there any other kind?) that had its panties in a bunch over comments some judge made from the bench. A real annoying whine-fest. Was it this judge?

[Jeff Chandler]

Keep Bill Clinton away from the body.

[highlander_UW]

Good grief. If I start taking up a collection can be buy some time without anything to do with Anna Nicole Smith? There apparently is NO news going on in the world judging from what one finds on tv. Did we pull out of Iraq or something?

[longtermmemmory]

Judge Seidlin is always like this.

This is not an act.

If you really want to understand the situation here and why the excellent texas lawyer is powerless, you must understand Judge Seidlin is looking to force some sort of settlement between the parties. Settlements can not be appealed since all the parties agreed. (absent some form of fraudulent inducement)

What we really have here is a fight over who is going to be able to sell the rights to the funeral and the rights to the open casket pictures.

Folks, these are the trial level judges who populate the courts. This is the level of "working judge" the average citizen has to deal with day in and day out. These are not the rare intelectual elite that occasionally populate the appelate courts or on rare occasion the federal courts.

This is what the Florida Bar, Texas Bar, Georgia Bar, NY Bar, DC Bar does not want you to see when they do their "PROTECT JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE" programs.