Ford v. Georgetown County Water & Sewer District

OPINION

Appellants, residents of the Hagley subdivision of Georgetown County, South Carolina, appeal the order of the district court denying relief on their claims of constitutional infringements by the Georgetown Water and Sewer District (the “District”). For the reasons stated below, we affirm the district court’s denial of relief on the ground that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

The Rooker-Feldman abstention doctrine establishes that lower federal courts lack jurisdiction over a litigant’s challenge to a state court decision, including challenges alleging the state court’s…