sibbach wilson argued december decided january amended denial rehearing james velde lambert kaspers chicago petitioner dammann chicago respondent justice roberts delivered opinion case calls decision validity rules rules civil procedure district courts action brought petitioner district northern illinois recover damages bodily injuries inflicted indiana respondent answered denying allegations complaint moved order requiring petitioner submit physical examination one physicians appointed determine nature extent injuries ordered petitioner submit examination physician appointed compliance refused respondent obtained order show cause petitioner punished contempt response petitioner challenged authority order submit examination asserting order void appeared courts indiana state cause action arose hold order proper whereas courts illinois state trial sat hold order made neither state statute governing matter adjudged petitioner guilty contempt directed committed obey order examination otherwise legally discharged custody petitioner appealed circuit appeals decided rule authorizes order physical examination case valid affirmed judgment writ certiorari ws granted importance question involved rules civil procedure promulgated authority act june enacted shall power prescribe general rules district courts courts district columbia forms process writs pleadings motions practice procedure civil actions law said rules shall neither abridge enlarge modify substantive rights litigant shall take effect six months promulgation thereafter laws conflict therewith shall force effect may time unite general rules prescribed cases equity actions law secure one form civil action procedure provided however union rules right trial jury common law declared seventh amendment constitution shall preserved parties inviolate rules shall take effect shall reported congress attorney general beginning regular session thereof close session text relevant portions rules physical mental examination persons order examination action mental physical condition party controversy action pending may order submit physical mental examination physician order may made motion good cause shown upon notice party examined parties shall specify time place manner conditions scope examination person persons made refusal make discovery consequences refusal answer failure comply order contempt party witness refuses sworn refuses answer question directed district deposition taken refusal may considered contempt consequences party refuses obey order made rule requiring submit physical mental examination may make orders regard refusal among others following order physical mental condition party shall taken established purposes action accordance claim party obtaining order ii order prohibiting disobedient party introducing evidence physical mental condition iii order striking pleadings parts thereof staying proceedings order obeyed dismissing action proceeding part thereof rendering judgment default disobedient party iii order striking pleadings orders addition thereto order directing arrest party agent party disobeying orders except order submit physical mental examination contention petitioner final analysis rules within mandate congress limit permissible debate since argument touching broader questions congressional power obligation federal courts apply substantive law state foreclosed congress undoubted power regulate practice procedure federal may exercise power delegating federal courts authority make rules inconsistent statutes constitution never essayed declare substantive state law abolish nullify right recognized substantive law state cause action arose save right duty imposed field committed congress constitution contrary enacted state law shall rule decision federal courts hence conclude act june purposely restricted operation matters pleading practice procedure two provisos caveats emphasize restriction first shall enlarge modify substantive rights guise regulating procedure second rules prescribe single form action cases law suits equity constitutional right jury trial inherent former must preserved limitations upon authority prescribe rules might mentioned act instance inability rule extend restrict jurisdiction conferred statute whatever may said effect conformity remained force rules within authority granted congress repeal statute district bound follow illinois practice respecting order physical examination hand right exempt order one substantive law rules decision required district though sitting illinois apply law indiana state cause action arose order examination avoid dilemma petitioner admits think correctly rules rules procedure insists nevertheless prohibition abridging substantive rights congress banned rules challenged order reach result translates rights urges rule affects right albeit rule one procedure merely prescription within statutory grant power embodied act june contends decisions recognized principles require us hold petitioner relies upon union pacific railway botsford camden suburban stetson cases reality sustain validity rules botsford case action recover personal injury suffered territory instituted circuit indiana refused order physical examination affirmed ground authority order shown suggestion question one substantive law first examines practice common law finds never recognized order acknowledging statute authorizing order sort valid opinion finds none thus matter treated one procedure congress declared statute substantive law state stating decision law indiana subject appeared settled cited statute state point added question one law indiana law federal statutes provisions proof actions law precluded application conformity act therefore opinion recognized matter one procedure cited federal statutes concerning mode proof federal courts conformity act deal solely procedure fine decision making order regulable statute federal statutes forbade hence conformity act thought authorize practice reference incorporation state law stetson case action brought district new jersey citizen pennsylvania citizen new jersey injured latter state statute new jersey authorized state courts order physical examination plaintiff action damages pending therein district refused order examination ground lacked power verdict judgment plaintiff defendant appealed circuit appeals assigning refusal error certified question answered district power order examination stated botsford case statute authorizing order said state statute rules decision act made law must given effect trial federal true referred rules decision act conformity act entire discussion goes upon assumption matter procedural event distinction substantive procedural law immaterial cause action arose trial new jersey instant case rule within power delegated force federal statute neither botsford stetson case authority ignoring remaining case petitioner leans stack new york mass agreed view expressed botsford case practice warrant entry order said legislature rather courts alter practice rule within authority granted federal legislature sanctioned controlling district courts thrown back arguments drawn language act june phrase rights confined rights conferred law protected enforced accordance adjective law judicial procedure certainly embraces rights one right injured one person another negligence redress infraction present action brought petitioner says phrase connotes use congress intended regulating procedure deal important substantial rights theretofore recognized recognized state courts divided power absence statute order physical examination number order ized statute rule rules question accord procedure force canada england asserted right moreover important many others enjoyed litigants district courts sitting several federal rules civil procedure altered abolished old rights privileges created new ones connection conduct litigation suggestion rule offends important right freedom invasion person ignores fact hold invasion freedom personal restraint attaches refusal comply provisions adopt suggested criterion importance alleged right invite endless litigation confusion worse confounded test must whether rule really regulates procedure judicial process enforcing rights duties recognized substantive law justly administering remedy redress disregard infraction rules question admitted finally urged rules work major change policy intended congress apart fact already stated policy respect uniform noted authorization comprehensive system rules departure policy new policy envisaged enabling act whole field procedure regulated interest speedy fair exact determination truth challenged rules comport policy moreover accordance act rules mitted congress body might examine veto going effect contrary policy legislature value reservation power examine proposed rules laws regulations become effective well understood congress frequently employed make sure action delegation squares congressional purpose evidently congress felt rule within ambit statute effort made eliminate proposed body rules although specific rule attacked defended committees two houses preliminary draft rules called attention contrary practice indicated botsford case report advisory committee notes prepared mittee accompany final version rules adverse action taken congress indicates least transgression legislative policy found conclude rules attack within authority granted district treated refusal comply order contempt committed petitioner therefor neither circuit appeals action assigned error think however light provisions rule plain error fundamental nature notice section iv rule exempts punishment contempt refusal obey order party submit physical mental examination district error going counter express exemption remedies available rule case enumerated section ii iii error reverse judgment remand cause district proceedings conformity opinion reversed remanded justice frankfurter dissenting union pacific railway botsford denied power federal courts civil action compel plaintiff suing injury person submit physical examination nine years later camden suburban railway stetson botsford decision treated settled doctrine present issue whether authority congress gave formulate rules civil procedure district courts allows displacement law botsford case stated particularly rule authorizing physical examination valid rules enabling act june stat urged since rule pertains procedure valid outside limitations act whereby rules shall neither abridge enlarge modify substantive rights litigant speaking diffidence support view commended seem answer question found analytic determination whether power examination claimed matter procedure matter substance even assuming two mutually exclusive categories easily ascertainable contents problem seems controlled policy underlying botsford decision doctrine survival outworn technicality rested considerations akin familiarly known english law liberties subject sure immunity recognized botsford case constitutional sanction amenable statutory change person deemed historic roots law curtailed clear unquestionable authority law connection significant judge responsive procedural needs justice holmes behalf judicial massachusetts supported botsford doctrine ground common law slow sanction tion interference person free citizen stack new york mass far national law concerned drastic change public policy matter deeply touching sensibilities people even thier prejudices privacy inferred general authorization formulate rules uniform effective dispatch business civil side federal courts deem requirement invasion person stand different footing questions pertaining discovery documents procedure devices expeditious economic fair conduct litigation disobedience order rule visited punishment contempt mitigate intrusion historic immunity privacy person course rule compulsive doors federal courts otherwise open may shut litigants submit physical examination view little significance attaches fact rules accordance statute remained table two houses congress without evoking objection rule thereby automatically came force plainly rules acts congress treated due regard mechanics legislation practical conditions surrounding business congress rules submitted draw inference tacit approval congress appeal unreality conclude make drastic change rule sought introduce require explicit legislation ordinarily disagreement majority procedural matters best held silence even present situation loath register dissent issue pertain merely diversity litigation rule applies civil litigation federal courts thus concerns enforcement federal rights merely state law federal courts justice black justice douglas justice murphy agree views footnotes following south bend turner ind aspy botkins ind chicago mcnally mattice klawans people scott lake erie griswold valparaiso kinney stat wayman southard wheat bank halstead wheat beers haughton pet wayman southard supra wheat bank halstead supra wheat beers haughton supra pet hudson parker venner great northern davidson marble ex rel gibson meek centre county banking supra note opinion state record filed shows pointed matter one substantive law requires application law indiana authorizes order examination see wigmore evidence note see notes rules civil procedure printed advisory committee march wigmore evidence note vict analogy found organic acts applicable territories admission statehood provided laws passed territorial legislature valid unless congress disapproved ordinance see pease peck territory florida act march stat territory louisiana act march stat act march stat territory minnesota act march stat territory new mexico act september stat territory oregon act august stat territory utah act september stat territory washington act march stat territory wisconsin act april stat similar provisions applicable alaska puerto rico virgin islands philippines cf provisions lying congress act march stat reorganization act stat hearings committee judiciary house representatives pp hearings subcommittee committee judiciary senate pp preliminary draft may rules civil procedure district courts district columbia advisory committee rules civil procedure notes rules civil procedure district courts march rule par following section mahler eby kessler strecker