Legal Opinion
Nollet v. Justices of the Trial Court of Massachusetts
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 27, 2000No. Civ.A.99-11861-EFHPublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HARRINGTON, District Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The defendants assert four bases for dismissal: (1) that this Court does not have jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine; (2) that this Court should abstain from exercising its jurisdiction under the Younger abstention doctrine; (3) that the defendants are immune from suit; and (4) that the plaintiffs have failed to state a cause of action…
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