Jerry Wohl, Sometimes Known as Jerome S. Wohlmuth v. Roslyn Wohlmuth Keene

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Invoking the diversity jurisdiction of the district court, plaintiffs sought to have the court (a) grant a declaratory judgment voiding a prior decree of a Maryland equity court and voiding certain settlement agreements to which one of the plaintiffs was a party, and (b) assume jurisdiction over two trusts, remove the trustees, appoint substituted trustees, require an accounting, and grant other relief. The decree and the settlement agreements, all of which were made in 1957, purportedly settled a dispute between the parties over two testamentary trusts. Plaintiffs…