Legal Opinion
Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation v. United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Central Region
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1979No. 77-3033PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation petitions this court for review of an order of the Secretary of the Treasury, by an administrative law judge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF). The administrative law judge found that Brown-Forman had violated Section 5(c) of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 27 U.S.C. § 205(c). 1 The penalty imposed was a suspension for eight days of Brown-For-man’s basic permits to distill and import wines and distilled spirits.
The record discloses that Brown-Forman gave to its only distributor in South Carolina a television and a stereo set to…
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