State rulings and federal lawsuits
Hartley v. Delaware County
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Braheem Hartley asks the Supreme Court to review whether the Rooker-Feldman rule—a limit on federal courts reviewing state-court decisions—bars his damages suit over alleged constitutional injuries caused by county officials before a state court declined to undo a tax sale.
- What's at stake
- The Supreme Court has not decided whether the rule bars Hartley’s damages suit, so his request for relief remains unresolved.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Rooker-Feldman rule limits federal courts from reviewing state-court decisions.
Question presented
Whether Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking damages for alleged constitutional injuries caused by county officials before any state courtjudgment, merely because a later state-court proceeding declined to set aside the underlying tax sale.
What happens next
The next step is for the Supreme Court to decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument or decision date is set.
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Sources
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