Geraldine Davis v. Mike Huckabee

BYE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, five members of the Phillips County, Arkansas, Quorum Court (“QC”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment for defendants, various Arkansas state and county officials. Appellants’ federal civil rights and constitutional claims arose from their four-day incarceration for refusing to vote in favor of an ordinance that would have referred a tax initiative to Phillips County voters. The district court held it lacked jurisdiction, basing its decision on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine. We reverse.

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As the Arkansas Supreme Court stated in a related proceeding…