Barbara D. Terrell v. John Lewis Renner, II

Whether the customarily recognized domestic relations exception for federal and state jurisdiction applies where a state appellate court of last resort in a divorce circumscribes rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments regarding property.

Where applicable rules require notice to parties did state appellate court of last resort dismissing appeal concerning alimony and division of marital assets in a divorce and not reinstating the appeal after the party learns of the dismissal violate rights protected by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments depriving that party of property without due process of law.

Where applicable rules require notice to parties of pending dismissal did state appellate court of last resort dismissing an appeal regarding alimony and division of marital assets and not reinstating appeal after the party discovers the dismissal violate a constitutionally enumerated and incorporated right of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibiting a state from making or enforcing a law which abridges privileges or immunities of a citizen of the United States.

Where applicable rules require notice to parties pending dismissal did state appellate court of last resort dismissing appeal regarding alimony and division of marital assets in divorce and not reinstating the appeal when the party learns of its dismissal, did the court majority with a demonstrable record opposing gender equality violate rights under the Fourteenth Amendment for equal protection of the laws?