Philip Robertson and Patricia Anne Robertson Miller v. Willard E. Robertson, Jr., and Marlin Head Robertson

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 subject matter jurisdiction. We find that the court has jurisdiction and, therefore, reverse the dismissal.

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When Willard E.…