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BRAVO-FERNANDEZ v. U.S.

No. 15-537.

137 S.Ct. 352 (2016)

Juan BRAVO-FERNANDEZ and Hector Martínez-Maldonado, Petitioners v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 29, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa S. Blatt , Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Abbe David Lowell , Christopher D. Man , Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, Washington, DC, Lisa S. Blatt , Anthony J. Franze , R. Stanton Jones , Elisabeth S. Theodore , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioners.

Ian Heath Gershengorn , Acting Solicitor General, Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben Deputy Solicitor General, Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Vijay Shanker , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

This case concerns the issue-preclusion component of the Double Jeopardy Clause.1 In criminal prosecutions, as in civil litigation, the issue-preclusion principle means that "when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that...

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