With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". the acquisition of such a vested property right ... cannot be retroactively applied so as to divest the plaintiff of his vested right in his cause of action because such a retroactive application would contravene the due process guaranties.” Cole v. Celotex, 599 So.2d at 1063 (quoting Faucheaux, 470 So.2d at 879). Walls, 98-0455, p. 8, 740 So.2d at 1269. See 2 A.N. Yiannopoulos, Louisiana Civil Law Treatise, § 10 (3d ed. 1991) (“Retroactive application of new legislation is constitutionally permissible only if it does not result in impairment of the obligation of contracts or in divesture of vested rights.”); see also Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co., 455 U.S. 422, 428-29, 102 S.Ct. 1148, 71 L.Ed.2d 265 (1982), and Martinez v. California, 444 U.S. 277, 100 S.Ct. 553, 62 L.Ed.2d 481 (1980) (<HOLDING>); Anderson v. Avondale Indus., Inc., 00-2799,

A: holding the right to marry is a central part of the liberty protected by the due process clause
B: holding that entitlement to benefits is a property interest protected by the due process clause of the fifth amendment to the united states constitution
C: holding that the federal due process clause protects a state employee who under state law has a legitimate claim of entitlement to state employment
D: holding that a state tort claim is a species of property protected by the due process clause
D.