A Florida appeals court today issued a stay in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith’s body, ruling that her remains cannot be moved to the Bahamas until the court hears a challenge from the starlet’s estranged mother.

Anna Nicole Smith’s estranged mother today asked a Florida appeals court to overturn a judge’s decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried.

The US tobacco industry has lost an appeal for a legal review of the ground rules for trials involving about 3,125 flight attendants seeking money for illnesses blamed on passive smoking.