JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO. v. GEORGIA

No. 89-680.

501 U.S. 529 (1991)

JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO. v. GEORGIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of the United States.

Decided June 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Siegel argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were John L. Taylor, Jr., and Richard Schoenstadt.

Amelia Waller Baker, Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Warren R. Calvert, Assistant Attorney General.*


JUSTICE SOUTER announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE STEVENS joins.

The question presented is whether our ruling in Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias, 468 U.S. 263 (1984), should apply retroactively to claims arising on facts antedating that decision. We hold that application of the rule in that case requires its application retroactively in...

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