Rooker-Feldman Doctrine Bars Creditor's Secured Claim, 8th Circuit Rules

ST. LOUIS - A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 9 ruled that a bankruptcy court properly applied the Rooker-Feldman doctrine in ruling that a creditor's administrative expense claim should be disallowed (Thomas P .Cawley v. Frank Celeste $(In Re: Athens/Alpha Gas Corporation$), No. 12-1555, Chapter 11, 8th Cir.; 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 9446)....(read more)