T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶102

This limitation flows directly from Exxon’s logic. Exxon confines Rooker-Feldman to cases like Rooker and Feldman for a reason: Those two cases “exhibit the limited circumstances in which this Court’s appellate jurisdiction over state-court judgments” under §1257 “precludes a United States district court from exercising subject-matter jurisdiction in an action it would otherwise be empowered to adjudicate under a congressional grant of authority, e.g., §1330 (suits against foreign states), §1331 (federal question), and §1332 (diversity).” 544 U. S., at 291. This Court’s appellate jurisdiction is limited to “final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had.” §1257(a). If there is no final judgment from a state high court, §1257 does not confer jurisdiction in this Court; thus, there is nothing to “preclud[e]” district courts from…

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