public policy exception
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Definitions from Case Law
From 313 U.S. 498 - Griffin v. McCoach · 1941Most cited · 609 citing opinions
Rights acquired by contract outside a state are enforced within a state, certainly where its own citizens are concerned, but that principle excepts claimed rights so contrary to the law of the forum as to subvert the forum's view of public policy