Martine Bernard v. Christopher Hodyl
DueProcess
1. Whether a state court's denial of the right to freely negotiate the terms of a visiting supervisor's contract on the grounds that the supervised visits are court-ordered constitutes a violation of the freedom of contract guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution?
2. Whether a claim to freedom of contract guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution is now barred by issue preclusion and claim preclusion when the claim to freedom of contract was raised in the district court but a final judgment was never entered and was never addressed when it was raised on appeal?
3. Whether procedural due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution was violated when a litigant was left with only six (6) minutes for examination and cross examination as a result of the court allowing unplanned enlargement of the scope of the hearing after the hearing has already started?
Whether a state court's denial of the freedom of contract violates the 14th Amendment