Till Derr v. Thomas Swarek

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Thomas L. Swarek and Thomas Anthony Swarek (“the Swareks”) sued Herman Derr (“Derr”) and Derr Plantation, Inc. («Dpi”) jn thg Chancery Court of Issaque-na County, Mississippi (“Chancery Court”), alleging that Derr and his corporation breached a contract for the sale of Mississippi farmland. Derr died while the action was pending and, after years of stagnation in the Chancery Court, Derr’s wife and children — Till, Kai, Katja, and Margret Derr (“Derr Heirs” or “Heirs”)— sued the Swareks in the German Regional Court in Dusseldorf, Germany, seeking a…