Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
2005 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp., 544 U.S. 280 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and its relation to preclusion and concurrent jurisdiction.
Quick Facts Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp., Argued February 23, 2005 Decided March 30, 2005 ...
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. | |
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Argued February 23, 2005 Decided March 30, 2005 | |
Full case name | Exxon Mobil Corporation, Exxon Chemical Arabia, Inc., and Mobil Yanbu Petrochemical Company, Inc., Petitioners v. Saudi Basic Industries Corporation |
Citations | 544 U.S. 280 (more) 125 S. Ct. 1517; 161 L. Ed. 2d 454; 2005 U.S. LEXIS 2929; 73 U.S.L.W. 4266; 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 206 |
Case history | |
Prior | On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Indus. Corp., 364 F.3d 102, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 5485 (3d Cir. 2004) |
Holding | |
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies only where a federal court litigant seeks to review or overturn state court judgments in federal district court. Third Circuit decision reversed. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
28 U.S.C. § 1257 |
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