T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶28

Instead of disputing any of the points discussed above, T. M. asks this Court to add a new requirement to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. In T. M.’s view, endorsed by the dissent, the Court should adopt a new rule specifying that Rooker-Feldman bars only federal suits seeking review and rejection of “[f]inal judgments” that are “rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had,” 28 U. S. C. §1257(a). See Brief for Petitioner 19; post, at 6 (opinion of BARRETT, J.). Because that rule is inconsistent with the Court’s precedents, risks producing anomalous results, and undermines federalism interests, the Court declines to adopt it.

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