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Legal Citation: 397 U.S. 387 (1970)

Petitioner
Joseph Waller, Jr.

Respondent
Earl Faircloth, Attorney General of the State of Florida

Petitioner's Claim
That a prosecution in a court of the United States is a bar to a subsequent prosecution in a territorial court, since both are arms of the same sovereign.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Leslie H. Levinson

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
George Georgieff

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
13 November 1969

Decision
The Supreme Court vacated the felony conviction...