J. Howard Marshall

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James Howard Marshall II (January 24, 1905 – August 4, 1995) was an American businessman, government official, lawyer, and legal scholar. He was involved with and invested in the petroleum industry via his academic, government and commercial endeavors. Marshall's career included work for both oil companies, like Standard Oil of California (later Chevron) and Signal Oil & Gas, and for regulators in the national Government of the United States, Department of the Interior and the World War II Petroleum Administration for War. In 1952, Marshall co-founded Great Northern Oil Company and the Minnesota Pipe Line, which later got taken over by Koch, Inc in exchange for 16 percent of the Koch organization stock. Marshall was married to American model Anna Nicole Smith during the last 14 months of his life. His estate including the Koch shares became the subject of protracted litigation over whether the estate should go to Smith or family members of Marshall, which was reviewed by the Supreme Court...

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