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Legal Citation: 302 U.S. 319 (1937)

Appellant
Frank Palko

Appellee
State of Connecticut

Appellant's Claim
That when the state tried him a second time for the same offense, it violated the constitutional prohibition on double jeopardy.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
David Goldstein, George A. Saden

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William H. Comley

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo (writing for the Court), Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland

Justices Dissenting
Pierce Butler

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
6 December 1937

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the Connecticut law that permitted the state to appeal judgments, and retry...