Coggeshall v. Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the court of appeals may affirm an order of dismissal on any ground made manifest by the record
• explaining that “[t]he lower federal courts cannot be used as a substitute forum for federal appellate review of final decisions of state courts”
• “In general, that doctrine provides absolute immunity for public officials, including agency officials, who perform quasi-judicial functions”
• whether the state court proceeding is ongoing “must be assessed as of the date when the federal complaint is filed.”
• “It is a condition precedent to the application of the Rooker–Feldman doctrine that, at the time the federal-court suit is commenced, the state-court proceedings have ended.”
• “To the extent that the members of the Board are sued in their official capacities, they stand in the shoes of the state and enjoy the same immunity as does the Board.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).