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res judicata (rēz j  'dĭkā`tə): see jeopardy double jeopardy. Double jeopardy is prohibited in federal and state courts by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The concept refers to an offense, not to an act giving rise to an offense; therefore, it is possible to try a person for multiple violations..... Click the link for more information. . |
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The lineup: Res Judicata, Solis; Binn Tin Tin, Nakatani; Lazy Lode, Brice Blanc; Perssonet, Delahoussaye; Bienamado, McCarron; Lord Flasheart, Espinoza; Single Empire, Pincay; Vergennes, Garrett Gomez; Northern Quest, Stevens. Writing for the Court, Justice Stephen Breyer rejected Alabama's attempt to strip the Court of appellate jurisdiction on the basis of 11th Amendment restrictions and to claim res judicata stemming from a state supreme court decision (711 So. Alabama technically involved whether Alabama's theory of res judicata operated to deny taxpayers due process and whether the State's franchise tax on out-of-state corporations contravened the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. |
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