United States Sixth Circuit

If a federal claim can succeed without calling into question the correctness of a state court judgment, the Rooker-Feldman does not apply, but claim preclusion bars consideration of First and Fifth Amendment claims that could have been brought in earlier state action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/01/2002
• Published 10/01/2002

Judges

• Before KENNEDY and BOGGS, Circuit Judges;  and COFFMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hugh M. Davis, Jr. (argued and briefed), Constitutional Litigation Associates, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• James E. Tamm, Julie McCann O'Connor (argued and briefed), O'Connor, DeGrazia & Tamm, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.