substantive rights
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From 559 U.S. 393 - Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P. A. v. Allstate Insurance · 2010Most cited · 357 citing opinions
not only "rights sought to be adjudicated by the litigants" but also "general principiéis]" or "question[s] of public policy that the legislature is able to pass upon," "id., "at 2-3 , we held that "the phrase 'substantive rights' " embraces only state rights, such as the tort law in that case, that are sought to be enforced in the judicial proceedings, "id., "at 13-14 .