his girlfriend into military property without permission, acted threateningly, and used obscene insulting language toward the police officers who arrested him. Eleven years later, the conflict over and eventual rejection of the soldier's criminal prosecution after administrative punishment, has had consequences for double punishments throughout Europe. Especially in tax-fraud cases, the ruling has changed many court cases since 2009. Defendants had sometimes been ordered to pay civil fines to their tax authority for filing incorrect tax declarations, then were later also prosecuted for the same transgressions, being sentenced by a district court for tax crimes. After the Zolotukhin ruling, such criminal convictions were vacated, with the persons being released (if still then-incarcerated) and compensated for time in prison. European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice has ruled that only applies in competition law cases when the offender, the facts, and the protected legal interests are the same. See also Extradition List of legal Latin terms Notes References Legal rules with Latin names Legal doctrines and principles