Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Turnbow

Pac. Mut. Life Ins. v. Turnbow, 490 U.S. 1102 (1989)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-06-05
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “where an interest is not direct, but is remote, contingent or speculative, it is not the kind of interest which reasonably brings into question a judge’s partiality”
  • "Although this defendant did not receive a perfect trial, it was a fair trial."

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Sup. Ct.- Nev. Motions of UNUM Life Insurance Co., Association of California Life Insurance Cos., and Merchants and Manufacturers Association for leave to file briefs as amici curiae granted. Certiorari denied.