In Re: Vickie Lynn Marshall, Debtor. E. Pierce Marshall, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Vickie Lynn Marshall, Defendant-Counter-Claimant/appellee-Cross-Appellant

392 F.3d 1118 In re: Vickie Lynn MARSHALL, Debtor. E. Pierce Marshall, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Vickie Lynn Marshall, Defendant-Counter-Claimant/Appellee-Cross-Appellant. No. 02-56002. No. 02-56067. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 9, 2003. Filed December 30, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Bingham McCutchen, Hartford, CT, for the plaintiff-counter-defendant/appellant-cross-appellee. Sheila S. Kato and Kent L. Richland, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-counter-claimant/appellee-cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-00097-DOC. Before: BEEZER, KLEINFELD, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge. 1 This appeal involves disputed claims made by Vickie Lynn Marshall, the surviving spouse of J. Howard Marshall II, against E. Pierce Marshall, the decedent's surviving son, the trustee of decedent's trust property and the executor of the estate of J. Howard Marshall II, deceased. 2 The surviving…