The following excerpt is from Murphey v. Lanier, 997 F.Supp. 1348 (S.D. Cal. 1998):
Similarly, alleging violation of a federal statute is not always sufficient to invoke federal question jurisdiction. See Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677, 688, 99 S.Ct. 1946, 60 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979). "What ultimately must be determined is whether
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