Federal district court has no subject matter jurisdiction over arbitration.

The fact that an arbitration concerns issues of federal law does not, standing alone, confer subject matter jurisdiction on a federal district court to review the arbitration award. A motion to vacate must raise an actually disputed, substantial federal issue to confer such jurisdiction.

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