Legal Opinion
Marks v. Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2009No. 08-5042PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
Robert Marks appeals a district court order that dismissed his complaint for lack of jurisdiction on the basis of Rooker-Feldman. For the reasons that follow, we REVERSE and REMAND for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
I
Marks claims that during the litigation in state court of an attorney malpractice case in which he was the defendant, the State of Tennessee (i.e., a trial court judge) and the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) discriminated and retaliated against him because of his disability. In the case that begot…
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