Robert Grundstein v. Lamoille Superior Docket Entries/Orders, et al.

1 RESOLVE CIRCUIT SPLITS WITH RESPECT TO “ROOKER-FELDMAN” FRAUD EXCEPTION Should the Circuit Splits with respect to the Rooker-Feldman Fraud Exception be reconciled in favor of the exception? Some jurisdictions have a fraud exception to “Rooker” and some don’t. Reconciliation would allow federal jurisdiction where fraud is alleged. 2 RESOLVE CIRCUIT SPLITS WITH RESPECT TO “ROOKER-FELDMAN” AND MEANING OF “INEXTRICABLY INTERTWINED” Should the Circuit Splits between the character of state analysis and the meaning of “Inextricably Intertwined” as a criteria for the application of Rooker-Feldman, be recon­ ciled? Some jurisdictions say Rooker-Feldman only applies if a Federal Question-Constitutional Issue was actually ex­ amined in a state court, after which the state provided an opinion and order responsive to the Constitutional matters. Others do not and bar jurisdiction on the minimal basis of a state order which has not contemplated Constitutional issues. 3 RESOLVE CIRCUITS SPLITS WITH RESPECT TO THE “ROOKER-FELDMAN” VOID AB INITIO EXCEPTION Should the Circuit Splits by which some jurisdictions will not apply “Rooker-Feldman” to deny Federal review for state court judgments which are void ab initio and others which do not make this distinction, be reconciled?