No. 18-1532
Timothy J. Johnston v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., et al.
Tags: civil-procedure due-process federal-court-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction privity rooker-feldman rooker-feldman-doctrine standing state-court-judgment state-court-judgments
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars a plaintiff from suing in federal court by claiming it was not a party to the earlier state court litigation, even when it argues the state court judgment binds it and it uses the judgment to give it standing in federal court
Question Presented (from Petition)
question presented is: Does Lance v. Dennis allow a plaintiff to avoid the Rooker-Feldman and sue in federal court by claiming it was not a party to the state court litigation, even when it argues that the state court judgment binds it and it uses the judgment to give it standing in federal court?
Docket Entries
2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-06-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 11, 2019)
Attorneys
TImothy Johnston
David Glenn Baker — Law Office of David Glenn Baker, Petitioner
David Glenn Baker — Law Office of David Glenn Baker, Petitioner