rooker fidelity trust argued decided december wm rooker indianapolis appellants opposition motion charles cox indianapolis appellees support motion justice van devanter delivered opinion bill equity judgment circuit indiana affirmed state declared null void obtain relief dependent outcome effort judgment reviewed writ error failed record disclose presence question constituting basis review rooker fidelity trust sup parties bill litigation state addition two defendants whose presence need special notice citizens state grounds advanced resorting district judgment rendered affirmed contravention contract clause constitution article cl due process law equal protection clauses fourteenth amendment section gave effect state statute alleged conflict clauses give effect prior decision cause state alleged become case district opinion suit within jurisdiction defined congress ground dismissed bill plaintiffs appealed directly section judicial code comp appellees move appeal dismissed alternative decree affirmed appeal within first clause section motion dismiss must overruled suit plainly within district juridiction defined congress motion affirm must sustained affirmatively appears bill judgment rendered cause wherein circuit jurisdiction matter parties full hearing therein judgment responsive issues affirmed state appeal plaintiffs constitutional questions stated bill actually arose cause province duty state courts decide decision whether right wrong exercise jurisdiction decision wrong make judgment void merely left open reversal modification appropriate timely appellate proceeding unless reversed modified effective conclusive adjudication elliott peirsol pet thompson tolmie pet voorhees bank pet cornett williams wall ex parte harding sup legislation congress entertain proceeding reverse modify judgment errors character judicial code amended act stat comp exercise appellate jurisdiction jurisdiction possessed district courts strictly original judicial code comp besides period within proceeding might begun correction errors charged bill expired filed act stat comp pointed voorhees bank supra period elapses aggrieved litigant permitted indirectly longer directly parts bill speak judgment given without jurisdiction absolutely void merely mistaken characterization reading entire bill shows indubitably full jurisdiction state courts bill best merely attempt get rid judgment alleged errors law committed exercise jurisdiction said proceeded assumption constitutional questions alleged arisen state courts respecting validity state statute acts effect given prior decision cause state ind questions substance hold assumption indulged merely purpose testing nature bill power district entertain matter calls brief notice bill charges judgment affirmance state void one judges participating therein interest case worked disqualification case related duties obligations corporation holding property conventional trust facts set forth show disqualification follows three four years theretofore citizen state executed wherein designated judge one executors trustees testator died time case submitted admitted probate day two judgment affirmance judge became executor trustee designation executed time death testator owned many shares stock corporations holding property trusts like question stock pass pass executors trustees administration disposal judge relation prospective relation estate stocks belonging sole basis charge disqualifying interest case think facts set forth relied upon neither support tend support charge experience difficulty reconciling presence bill care good faith attend preparation pleading certainly charge change nature bill require given effect otherwise decree affirmed