Arnold v. KJD Real Estate, LLC

WOOD, Chief Judge.

The Rooker-Feldmcm doctrine rests on the fact that only the Supreme Court of the United States has appellate jurisdiction over state court decisions (and its authority extends only to federal questions, see 28 U.S.C. § 1257). In this case, a state court ordered Dan Arnold to deliver certain corporate stock to Geissler Roofing and D & D Property Management (collectively, the Corporate) pursuant to an earlier alleged settlement agreement. The state court did not know that Arnold had already sold the stock to a third, KJD Real Estate (KJD). Arnold filed an interpleader action…