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· 5/24/2012

Chicago Tribune Co. v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Citations

  • 680 F.3d 1001
  • 40 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1935
  • 2012 WL 1872115
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 10467

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Grable does not alter the rule that a potential federal defense is not enough to create federal jurisdiction under § 1331.”
  • “[T]he natural plaintiff in a claim arising under state law cannot use a declaratory-judgment action to litigate an anticipated federal defense in federal court.”
  • “[A] potential federal defense is not enough to create federal jurisdiction under § 1331.

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Judges: Easterbrook, Posner, Williams

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