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Abbate v. United States 359 U.S. 187 (1959) is a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision held that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit the prosecution of a conspiracy in federal court under federal law when that same conspiracy has already resulted in a conviction in state court under state law.