Edward Weinhaus v. Regina A. Scannicchio, Judge, Circuit Court of Illinois, Cook County, et al.

Whether the District Court is precluded from exercising jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine when Petitioner’s injury occurred prior to the state-court decision; the federal lawsuit did not seek to disturb any state court decision; and the federal action would not affect any of the other parties to the state court proceeding?

Whether the Seventh Circuit erred when it purported to reach the merits of Petitioner’s underlying lawsuit, dismissing the same for failure to state a claim, before conclusively determining that the federal courts had jurisdiction to decide the same?