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· 6/15/1988

Huffman v. Western Nuclear, Inc.

Citations

  • 486 U.S. 663
  • 108 S. Ct. 2087
  • 100 L. Ed. 2d 693
  • 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2732
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 4576

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  • stating an ineffective assistance of counsel claimant must demonstrate his counsel’s performance was deficient, overcoming a strong presumption counsel’s conduct was within a wide range of reasonable professional experience
  • \DOE's successful opposition of respondents' motion [for summary judgment] is insufficient to establish that it is entitled to summary judgment in its favor\
  • “DOE’s successful opposition of respondents’ motion [for summary judgment] is insufficient to establish that it is entitled to summary judgment in its favor”
  • to be deficient, an attorney’s performance must “[fall] below an objective standard of reasonableness.”
  • “Another competitive alternative was the emergence of a secondary market in which domestic utilities, bound by long-term contracts to purchase enrichment services in excess of their needs, sold their enriched uranium to other utilities at substantial discounts.”

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Judges: Blackmun

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