Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 (1969)

Two recent law graduates opened a law practice, which they called the ‘‘Legal Clinic of Bates and O’Steen.’’

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Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514 (2001)

Plaintiffs, a union president and a chief negotiator, had a cellular phone conversation in which threats were made against school board members.

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Bartkus v. Illinois, 359 U.S. 121 (1959)

In this decision, the Supreme Court upheld a state conviction following federal acquittal for the same crime, ruling that the so-called ‘‘double jeopardy clause’’ of the Fifth Amendment, which bars multiple convictions for the same crime, did not apply to the states.

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