Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation

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• stating substantial question jurisdiction cannot depend solely on a federal defense
• discussing Merrell Dow Pharm. Inc. v. 478 U.S. 804, 813 (1986)
• “if a claim does not present a nearly pure issue of law, one that could be settled once and for all and thereafter would govern numerous cases, but rather is fact-bound and situation-specific, then federal question jurisdiction will generally be inappropriate”
• \if a claim does not present \a nearly pure issue of law, one that could be settled once and for all and thereafter would govern numerous ... cases,\ but rather is \fact-bound and situation-specific,\ then federal question jurisdiction will generally be inappropriate.\

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