Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Brown-Forman Corp. v. Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission

492 U.S. 902

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-06-26
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “we think it unfair and unwise to require litigants to speculate as to how a particular judge would have acted under particular circumstances”
  • defendant must establish that there is a reasonable probability that, but for the incompetence of counsel, he would have accepted the plea
  • “[W]e do not believe that Turner was required to demonstrate a reasonable probability that the trial court would have approved the two-year plea arrangement.”
  • “we do not believe that Turner was required to demonstrate a reasonable probability that the trial court would have approved the two-year plea arrangement”
  • erroneous advice to defendant to reject plea offer

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Brown-Forman Corp. v. Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

Authority status
pending
Cited by
72 opinions

C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari granted, judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Healy v. The Beer Institute, 491 U. S. 324 (1989).