Robert Hart v. Beth Mae Hart

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits application of the doctrine of issue preclusion to a party who did not participate in the underlying litigation.

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permits application of the doctrine of issue preclusion to a party who was explicitly prohibited from participating in the underlying litigation.

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state court amends a civil judgment post-trial to add a non-party trustee as a judgment debtor based solely on findings from a family law proceeding where the trustee was not joined, not heard, and no alter ego theory was litigated.

Whether it is unconstitutional under the Takings Clause or Due Process Clause for a 1 court to impose liability upon trust assets held for the benefit of a third party (an adult son) based on collateral estoppel from a separate proceeding to which the trust was not a party and where no adjudication of ownership occurred.

Whether the application of issue preclusion (collateral estoppel) offends federal constitutional principles where the underlying "issue" was neither identical nor actually litigated, and the target of the estoppel had no opportunity to contest the prior ruling.

Whether judicial reformation of a contract’s clear attorney fee terms violates federal due process rights where the court rewrote the fee clause contrary to its plain language.