T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶105

Rather than hew to this straightforward analysis, the Court reshapes Rooker-Feldman. It does so by both retreating to the old (the §1331 rationale that Exxon discarded) and inventing the new (a grab bag of policy reasons for disregarding §1257’s finality requirement). This reconception of Rooker-Feldman leaves the doctrine worse off.

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