T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation · ¶51

Unsatisfied, the Rookers filed a bill in equity in Federal District Court. Rooker, 263 U. S., at 414. They asked the Federal District Court to declare the state trial court’s judgment “null and void” on the ground that it “was rendered and affirmed in contravention of the” Constitution. Id., at 414–415. The District Court dismissed the bill for lack of jurisdiction, and this Court affirmed that “plainly” correct decree. Id., at 415, 417. “Under the legislation of Congress,” this Court recognized, “no court of the United States other than this Court could entertain a proceeding to reverse or modify the judgment for” constitutional errors. Id., at 416. “To do so would be an exercise of appellate jurisdiction.” Ibid. “The jurisdiction possessed by the District Courts is strictly original.” Ibid. Accordingly, the Court held that district courts have no jurisdiction to “get rid of ”…

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