Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Summit v. Louisiana
Summit v. La., 470 U.S. 1038 (1985)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1985-03-04
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that a denial of a motion to dismiss on double jeopardy grounds is immediately appealable
- changing common law of former jeopardy to permit successive prosecution for the same offense by separate sovereigns
Citator
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- 49 opinions
Sup. Ct. La. Certio-rari denied. Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall would grant certiorari.