U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Sep. 1, 2012
Marilyn Monroe's heirs cannot claim California residence to reap financial gains
Marilyn Monroe's estate cannot gain financially by suddenly claiming that California was her legal domicile after decades of insisting it was New York, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Marilyn Monroe quote came back to haunt her heirs on Thursday as a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held the actress' estate cannot gain financially by suddenly claiming that California was her legal domicile after decades of insisting it was New York.
"If you're going to be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty," Monroe is reported to have said, according to the panel&...
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