T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶34
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…Read in context ›
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