United States v. Oppenheimer

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United States v. Oppenheimer
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 19, 1916 Decided December 4, 1916
Full case name	United States v. Oppenheimer, et al.
Citations	242 U.S. 85 (more) 37 S. Ct. 68; 61 L. Ed. 161; 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1531; 3 A.L.R. 516
Case history
Prior	On error from District Court for Southern District of New York.
Subsequent	None
Holding
A criminal charge that has been adjudicated upon by a court having jurisdiction to hear and determine it, is final as to the matter so adjudicated upon, and may be pleaded in bar to any subsequent prosecution for the same offense.
Court membership
Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinion
Majority	Holmes, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amendment V, Criminal Appeals Act

United States v. Oppenheimer, 242 U.S. 85 (1916), was a landmark Supreme Court decision applying the common law concept of res judicata (literally: the thing is decided) to criminal law cases.