Martine Bernard v. Christopher Hodyl
DueProcess
Whether a state court's denial of the freedom of contract violates the 14th Amendment
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 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 7 supervised vists 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? = . i}