Desi's Pizza, Inc. v. City of Wilkes-Barre’s Empirical Analysis
321 F.3d 411 · 2003
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Relies on District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Imbler v. Pachtman · Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. · County of Sacramento v. Lewis · Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a claim is barred by Rooker-Feldman under two circumstances: first, if the [federal] claim was `actually litigated' in state court prior to the filing of the federal action or, second, if the [federal] claim is `inextricably intertwined with [the] state adjudication,' meaning that `federal relief can only be predicated upon a conviction that the state court was wrong.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the relief requested in the federal action requires determining that the state court's decision is wrong or would void the state court's ruling, then the issues are inextricably intertwined and the district court has no subject matter jurisdiction to hear the suit.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“prevent a state court from enforcing its orders.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.