Betty B. Burgess, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of S. Reed Burgess, Jr., Deceased v. Charlottesville Savings and Loan Association

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• stating in order to establish a federal question “arising under” federal law, the allegations in the complaint must “affirmatively and distinctly” establish the federal grounds.
• “It is the obligation to disclose, not the duty of subsequent performance, towards which the [Truth in Lending] Act is directed.”
• “[I]t has often been-held that federal courts must be alert to avoid overstepping their limited grants of jurisdiction. At any stage of a litigation, including the appellate, subject-matter jurisdiction may be questioned.”
• “[T]he complaint must . . . contain allegations affirmatively and distinctly establishing federal grounds not in mere form, but in substance and not in mere assertion, but in essence and effect.”
• “[T]he complaint must . . . contain allegations affirmatively and distinctly establishing federal grounds not in mere form, but in substance and not in mere assertion, but in essence and effect.”’
• to sustain federal question jurisdiction, the complaint must contain allegations “affirmatively and distinctly” establishing federal grounds “not in mere form, but in substance . . . . Mere conclusory allegations in the complaint are insufficient to support jurisdiction.”

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