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• holding that a court can make a sua sponte 19 jurisdictional determination over a declaratory relief action regarding state law
• holding that a suit seeking declaratory judgment must first pass constitutional and statutory muster as presenting a case-or-controversy before the court exercises its prudential discretion
• holding that a suit seeking declaratory judgment must first pass constitutional and statutory muster as presenting a case-or-controversy before the court exercises its prudential discretion
• holding that a court can make a sua sponte 19 jurisdictional determination over a declaratory relief action regarding state law
• holding that a suit seeking declaratory judgment must first \pass[ ] constitutional and statutory muster\ as presenting a case-or-controversy before the court exercises its discretion whether \entertaining the action is appropriate\
• noting that district courts should use then-discretion to discourage litigants from filing declaratory actions as a means of forum shopping

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