Boerman v. Marrero

How courts have described this case

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• affirming dismissal for lack of jurisdiction under Rooker-Feldman; “the proper court for an assertion of fraud in the procurement of a judgment is the one which rendered the judgment”
• \[T]he plaintiffs' injuries are a result of the state court judgment. Their claim in federal court is a multi-pronged attack on the approval of the settlement . . . .\
• Rooker - Feldman does not bar a claim that is \independent\ of the state-court judgment
• The Rooker-Feldman doctrine asks “whether the federal plaintiff seeks to set aside a state court judgment or whether he is, in fact, presenting an independent claim.”
• “[T]he plaintiffs’ injuries are a result of the state court judgment. Their claim in federal court is a multi-pronged attack on the approval of the settlement .... ”
• “At its core, the doctrine is a recognition of the principle that the inferior federal courts generally do not have the power to exercise appellate review over state court decisions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).