Topic: legislation may not disturb vested substantive rights by re… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 12 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Superior Court.

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1 San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Superior Court Anchor
ariz · 1999
green “legislation may not disturb vested substantive rights by retroactively changing the law that applies to completed events.” 7
2 Hall v. A.N.R. Freight System, Inc.
ariz · 1986
green “a right vests only when it is actually assertable as a legal cause of action or defense or is so substantially relied upon that retroactive divestiture would be manifestly unjust.” 5

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