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· 8/17/2005

Mosby v. Ligon

Citations

  • 418 F.3d 927
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 17332

How courts have described this case

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  • finding plaintiff lacked standing to obtain prospective relief where complaint dwelled almost exclusively on past interactions
  • finding no standing for attorney to bring facial challenge to the rules of professional conduct without also challenging their application to herself
  • Under the Rooker- Feldman doctrine, “with the exception of habeas corpus petitions, lower federal courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over challenges to state court judgments.”’
  • Under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, federal district courts generally lack subject matter jurisdiction over suits that are, in substance, appeals from state-court judgments.
  • complaint fails to allege facial challenges when allegations dwell almost exclusively on plaintiff’s prior interactions with defendants
  • “The Rooker-Feldman doctrine provides that, with the exception of habeas corpus petitions, lower federal courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over challenges to state court judgments.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

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