The Rooker-Feldman Doctrine, in short, Federal Government has no jurisdiction to review state court judgments.
I. THE ROOKER-FELDMAN DOCTRINE At its most basic, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, named after the two cases from which it sprung,12 is the principle that lower federal courts do not have jurisdiction to review state court judgments.13 It is based on the congressional grant, in 28 U.S.C. § 1257,14 of appellate [*pg 645] jurisdiction over state [...]