Republican Party of Guam I Mina' Bente Singko Na Liheslaturan Guahan v. Carl T.C. Gutierrez, as Governor of Guam, and the Government of Guam

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• applying Franchise Tax Board to dismiss declaratory suit by Guam legislature and noting that \the Guam legislature has access to the Guam courts for the enforcement of\ the laws at issue
• “Federal jurisdiction exists only when a federal question is presented on the face of plaintiff’s properly pleaded complaint.” (internal citation and quotation marks omitted)
• “federal jurisdiction exists only when a federal question is presented on the face of plaintiff’s properly pleaded complaint.” (internal citation and quotation marks omitted)
• “The operation of the Declaratory Judgment Act is 18 procedural only. Congress enlarged the range of remedies available in the federal courts but did 19 not extend their jurisdiction.” (internal citation omitted
• cases “arise under” federal law 22 either when federal law creates the cause of action or where the vindication of a right under state 23 law necessarily turns on the construction of federal law
• “A case ‘arises under’ federal law either where federal 14 law creates the cause of action or where the vindication of a right under state law necessarily 15 turn[s] on some construction of federal law.”

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