Commonwealth Plaza Condominium Ass’n. v. City of Chicago

In action alleging that Ill. App. Ct. opinion in plaintiffs' underlying case that challenged propriety of zoning amendment that plaintiffs claimed deprived them of their right to constitutional due process, Dist. Ct. did not err is dismissing said action on Rooker-Feldman Doctrine grounds. Under Rooker-Feldman Doctrine, federal district and circuit courts lack jurisdiction to review decision of state courts, and instant lawsuit was attempt by plaintiffs to have Dist. Ct. review propriety of Ill. App. Ct.'s decision. Fact that plaintiffs contended that instant action was only facial constitutional challenge to new rule of law established by Ill. App. Ct.'s opinion did not require different result.