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Fong Foo v. United States 369 U.S. 141 (1962) was a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the protection from Double Jeopardy by the federal government. While the protection from double jeopardy did not get incorporated to apply to the state governments until 1969 (see Benton v. Maryland) the Supreme Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution prevented the Federal Government from bringing a defendant to trial twice for the same charge.