Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923)
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Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923)
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Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Company No. 295 Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted November 26, 1923 Decided December 10, 1923 263 U.S. 413
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA
Syllabus
1. Where a judgment has been rendered, after due hearing, by a state trial court, with jurisdiction of the subject matter and parties, and affirmed by the state supreme court, the only resort under the legislation of Congress for correction of errors in deciding questions involving the Constitution is to the appellate jurisdiction of this Court. P. 415.
2. The district court has no jurisdiction of a suit brought there by the party who was defeated in the state court against his successful opponent, all citizens of the same state, to set aside the judgment a void because of errors alleged to have been committed by the state courts in deciding constitutional questions. P. 416.
3. A judge is not disqualified to sit in a case involving the duties of a corporation under a conventional trust merely because of being one of the executors and trustees to whom shares of stock in corporations holding property under like trusts have passed for administration and disposal under a will. P. 417.
Affirmed.
Appeal from a decree of the district court which dismissed a bill for want of jurisdiction.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923) in 263 U.S. 413 263 U.S. 414. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JI5MWZBXDGKWIJ4.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923), in 263 U.S. 413, page 263 U.S. 414. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JI5MWZBXDGKWIJ4.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U.S. 413 (1923). cited in 1923, 263 U.S. 413, pp.263 U.S. 414. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JI5MWZBXDGKWIJ4.
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