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[QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1403864, member: 23910"]
Assuming the tournament was being run to TDA rules (or something very much like them) the dealer did the right thing - in a tournament all in, both hands have to be shown.  It's a protection for the other players at the table as much as anything to prevent chip dumping and other angle shooting.
 
As for whether the hand was dead or not, first of all OP doesn't say whether the villain's cards actually touched the muck pile or not.  If they were just pushed forward face down and the dealer turned them over there's obviously no issue here.
 
Second, even if they did touch the muck pile, the rules clearly state that a hand can be retrieved from the muck if it's in the interests of fairness and the cards can clearly be identified.  OP doesn't say there was any argument that the cards were the correct ones and as discussed above showing both hands when all in is done in the interests of a fair game so again, the dealer was right to turn them up.
 
Note that this is completely different to the player that had her "aces" mucked at last year's WSOP - in that case, there was dispute over exactly which cards were hers and there had clearly been a dealer error.
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