T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶33

Later cases delineating the bounds of Rooker-Feldman, see n. 4, supra, confirmed the understanding that Rooker Feldman bars suits in federal district court that “see[k] what in substance would be appellate review of [a] state judgment,” regardless of whether the judgment formally falls within this Court’s §1257 jurisdiction. Johnson v. De Grandy, 512 U. S. 997, 1005–1006 (1994). As this Court explained in Exxon, the doctrine “‘recognizes that 28 U. S. C. §1331 is a grant of original jurisdiction, and does not authorize district courts to exercise appellate jurisdiction over state-court judgments, which Congress has reserved to this Court, see §1257(a).’” 544 U. S., at 292 (quoting Verizon Md. Inc. v. Public Serv. Comm’n of Md., 535 U. S. 635, 644, n. 3 (2002)). In Lance, too, this Court emphasized that “[t]he doctrine applies only in ‘limited circumstances’ where a party in effect seeks…

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