Mary Jane Sweet Spot, LLC v. City of Blue Island

Defendants denied a business license to the plaintiffs and plaintiffs filed a lawsuit alleging that this denied them due process and equal protection and that the defendant had also engaged in conspiracy, discrimination, and tortious interference. The district court dismissed the suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, finding it was barred by the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and plaintiff appealed. The Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded for further proceedings, explaining that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine did not apply and that if there was any bar against the lawsuit, it would be based on claim preclusion, an issue the parties did not raise. (PRYOR and KOLAR, concurring)