Lawsuits over state court rulings
Tony Ping Yew v. Davenport
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Tony Ping Yew, individually and as executor of John Y. Wei’s estate, asks the Supreme Court to review whether federal courts may use the Rooker-Feldman rule, which limits federal review of state-court judgments, to dismiss his claims.
- What's at stake
- The petition asks whether the rule can bar Yew’s individual and estate claims, including claims against a private law firm.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
His petition challenges the rule’s use for claims based on alleged earlier conduct and claims against private law firm Ronan, Tuzzio & Giannone, and asks whether the executor’s claims were separately addressed.
Rooker-Feldman generally limits federal courts from reviewing state-court judgments.
Question presented
1. Whether the narrow Rooker-Feldman doctrine permits dismissal of Plaintiff No. 1 - the Executor - when the District Court never separately adjudicated that plaintiff and the court of appeals merely stated that the ' Executor had been “ recognized, ” without identifying any ruling applying the jurisdictional bar to Plaintiff No. 1. 2. Whether, under Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp, and Great Western Mining & Mineral Co. v. Fox Rothschild LLP, Rooker-Feldman Element (2) can be satisfied where the complaint alleged injury-producing conduct that preceded the state judgments. 3. Whether the narrow limits imposed by Exxon Mobil and Great Western permit a wholesale Rooker-Feldman jurisdictional dismissal of independently pleaded allegations against Ronan, Tuzzio & Giannone ( “ RTG ” ), a private non-state actor. 4. Whether, once an independently pleaded source of injury defeats Element (2), the Rooker-Feldman inquiry should end.
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. No argument date or decision window is set; oral argument would come only if the Court grants review.
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More questions
- What does Yew argue about his executor claim?
- He argues that no separate ruling applied Rooker-Feldman to him as executor and that the appeals court’s reference to his being “recognized” did not identify one.
- What does Yew argue about claims against RTG?
- He argues that Rooker-Feldman should not wipe out independently pleaded allegations against RTG, a private law firm.
Sources
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