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Ashe v. Swenson 397 U.S. 436 (1970) was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit. The Double Jeopardy Clause prevents a state from relitigating a question already decided in favor of a defendant at a previous trial.