Pancake v. McCowan’s Empirical Analysis
2003
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257
Relies on District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. · United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · Sammye R. Holloway v. Sally Brush Clermont County, Ohio · Catz v. Chalker
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“The appropriate inquiry is not whether the district court would be required to 'overrule' in some technical way the state court judgment, but is instead whether the constitutional claim presented by the plaintiff is so intertwined with the state court proceedings that a federal court review of the claim would necessarily constitute a review of the state court's decision, such that a federal court decision in the plaintiff's favor would call the state court decision into question.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Thomas v. Haslam
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