Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury's findings to establish elements of their claims without showing that those elements were actually decided in their favor in the prior proceeding

QUESTION PRESENTED This case presents the same question as the petitions for writs of certiorari filed today in Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Boatright and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Searcy: Whether the Due Process Clause is violated by a rule that permits plaintiffs to invoke a prior jury’s findings to establish elements of their claims without showing that those elements were actually decided in their favor in the prior proceeding, based merely on the fact that the defendant had an opportunity to be heard on those issues in the prior proceeding and the possibility that the relevant issues might have been decided in the plaintiffs’ favor in that proceeding.