The following excerpt is from Chmiel v. Beverly Wilshire Hotel Co., 873 F.2d 1283 (9th Cir. 1989):
Id. at 997 (citations omitted) (emphasis added); accord Hunter v. United Van Lines, 746 F.2d 635, 643 (9th Cir.1985) ("removal is improper when federal law simply displaces state law without replacing the state cause of action with a federal one") cert. denied, 474 U.S. 863, 106 S.Ct. 180, 88 L.Ed.2d 150 (1985).
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