Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.
Case Date: 05/19/2024
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Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923)[1], was a case in which the United States Supreme Court enunciated a rule of civil procedure that would eventually become known as the Rooker-Feldman doctrine (also named for the later case of District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman, 460 U.S. 462 (1983). The doctrine holds that lower United States federal courts may not sit in direct review of state court decisions.
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