T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶108

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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