Does a state substantive law in the guise of an evidentiary rule apply?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Shalaby v. Bernzomatic, Civil No. 11cv68 AJB (POR) (S.D. Cal. 2011):
exceptions, "such as state substantive law in the guise of an evidentiary rule," those do not apply here. Primiano, 598 F.3d at 563 (citing Feldman v. Allstate Ins. Co., 322 F.3d 660, 666 (9th Cir. 2003)).
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