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Reisner v. Stoller
District Court, S.D. New York (1999) | 51 F. Supp. 2d 430; 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7737; 1999 WL 332798
TL;DR: A plaintiff sued numerous defendants, including judges, over an alleged fraudulent property transfer. The court dismissed most claims based on procedural bars like res judicata, the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, and judicial immunity, but allowed certain state law claims that accrued after the prior litigation to proceed.
Legal Significance: The case illustrates the powerful preclusive effect of prior state court judgments under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine and res judicata, and the broad scope of absolute judicial immunity, which bars suits for damages against judges acting in their judicial capacity.