ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
The interesting and, we hold, controlling issue in this appeal is the extent to which "substantiality" of the federal issue presented permits a federal court to bypass that issue and to proceed to a resolution on the merits of the controversy solely on the basis of state law. We hold that a determination that the federal issue presented is substantial is a jurisdictional requirement which must be met before the district court can address...
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