Richard A. Van Auken, as Trustee and Beneficiary v. Fletcher R. Catron, et al.
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the refusal of New Mexico State Courts to provide a final judicial determination of trust contract meaning and effect, a fact central to proving claims of fraudulent and deceitful taking of family property held in trust, represents judicial denial of due process
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether, after eighteen years of litigation and multiple requests for a final judicial determination of langauge in a_ six-page express trust contract, the refusal of New Mexico State Courts to provide such a final determination of trust contract meaning and effect, a fact central to proving claims of fraudulent and deceitful taking of family property held in trust, represents judicial denial of due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. i