DALLAS — E. Pierce Marshall, who waged a legal fight with former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith over his father’s estate and its vast oil fortune, has died, his spokesman said Friday.

During the 5 1/2-month inheritance trial that ended last week, brothers E. Pierce Marshall and J. Howard Marshall III never spoke and generally avoided eye contact. Marshall III sought a portion ...

E. Pierce Marshall dropped most parts of his Houston countersuit against his stepmother, Anna Nicole Smith, after a federal bankruptcy judge threatened to find him in contempt of court.

(Theo Wargo/Getty Images) The six-year-old daughter of the late model Anna Nicole Smith may be entitled to as much as $49 million in sanctions from the estate of E. Pierce Marshall, who for years ...

E. Pierce Marshall, who waged a bitter, protracted legal battle with former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith over his father's estate, died unexpectedly on Friday at the age of 67. A wire ...

Howard Marshall III, filed for bankruptcy in 2002 after being cut out of his father’s will. He’s been stuck there ever since, thanks to the dogged lawyering of his late brother, E. Pierce ...

In her case, a judge in 2000 awarded Anna Nicole $475 million due to E. Pierce Marshall's improper interference with his father's estate. After a separate review under his authority as a federal ...

A month after the death of E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with Anna Nicole Smith over his father’s oil fortune, his family members say they are more committed than ever in their legal ...

DALLAS -- E. Pierce Marshall hated publicity and other people's lawyers. Yet he willingly spent the last 11 years of his life embroiled in courtroom battles for his father's immense fortune ...

E. Pierce Marshall, who feuded for years with former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith over his father's oil fortune, has died, his spokesman said Friday. He was 67. E. Pierce Marshall ...

DALLAS - A month after E. Pierce Marshall's death, the family says it's more committed than ever to keep its fortune away from former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith. "Nothing has changed from ...

Howard Marshall. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Samuel Bufford ruled that Marshall’syoungest son, E. Pierce Marshall had deprived Smith “of herexpectancy of an inheritance.” The decision also will ...