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2025 term · Roberts Court · 5-4

T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation

608 U.S. 668

The record

Term
2025
Decided
Issue area
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Vote split
5-4
Winning party
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Decision direction
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Chief Justice
Roberts Court
Disposition
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Docket
25-197
U.S. Reports
608 U.S. 668
S. Ct. citation
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LEXIS citation
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Opinion by
Sonia Sotomayor

Holding

The Rooker-Feldman doctrine bars federal district court jurisdiction over cases brought by state-court losers complaining of injuries caused by state-court judgments rendered before the district court proceedings commenced and seeking district court review and rejection of those judgments, regardless of whether the state-court judgment remains subject to further review in state appellate proceedings.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in T. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation.
JusticeVote
Sonia SotomayorMajority
Samuel AlitoMajority
Brett KavanaughMajority
Ketanji Brown JacksonMajority
Clarence ThomasRegular concurrence
Amy Coney BarrettDissent
John G. RobertsDissent
Elena KaganDissent
Neil GorsuchDissent