Missouri, ex rel. Sylvia Pride v. Court of Appeals of Missouri, Western District
When a state appellate court ignores the undisputed facts of an appeal and expressly decides an appeal on different, even opposite facts, does the resulting decision violate the due process rights of a litigant? Is a state created right of appeal a property interest protected by the due process clauses of the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, and is that right satisfied when appellate courts decide appeals based upon fictional scenarios which are contrary to the undisputed facts of the appeal presented?
Whether a state appellate court violates due process rights by deciding an appeal on fabricated facts contrary to the undisputed record, thereby depriving a litigant of a property interest in the right of appeal