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ROBERTSON v. ROBERTSON

No. 86-3181.

803 F.2d 136 (1986)

Philip ROBERTSON and Patricia Anne Robertson Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Willard E. ROBERTSON, Jr., and Marlin Head Robertson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ann McGarth Swaim, William E. Wright, Jr., New Orleans, La., Russell L. Post, Eric W. Wiechman, John R. Musicaro, Jr., Hartford, Conn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Moise S. Steeg, Jr., Edwin O. Schlesinger, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, RUBIN, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Contending that their father died while a resident of Louisiana, two children of a deceased businessman seek to establish, in a federal district court in Louisiana, forced heirship rights in their father's estate greater than the interest granted them in their father's valid will, which has been probated in an Arkansas state court and is being administered by that court. The district court sua sponte dismissed their suit for lack of...

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