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Third Circuit· 6/8/1998

Gulla v. North Strabane Township

Citations

  • 146 F.3d 168

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  • holding in cases where a state court considers and rejects a claim on its merits, \[A] paucity of explicit analysis in the court's opinion will not strip the holding of its validity for purposes of Rooker-Feldman 's jurisdictional bar.\
  • holding in cases where a state court considers and rejects a claim on its merits, “[A] paucity of explicit analysis in the court’s opinion will not strip the holding of its validity for purposes of Rooker-Feld-man ’s jurisdictional bar.”
  • applying Rooker-Feldman only to the state trial court decision where the federal claim was filed while a state appeal was pending
  • applying Rooker-Feldman only to the state trial court decision where the federal claim was filed while a state appeal was pending
  • declining to give preclusive effect to findings that both deny court’s power to decide the merits and express a view on the merits
  • “Under Pennsylvania law, the court could not resolve the merits of the [plaintiffs’] claims if they lack standing to bring their suit.”

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