UNITED STATES v. FIFTEEN CARTONS, MORE OR LESS, ETC.

No. 561.

45 F.Supp. 52 (1942)

UNITED STATES v. FIFTEEN CARTONS, MORE OR LESS, OF SEKOV REDUCER.

District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

April 30, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. McGregor, U. S. Atty., and William R. Eckhardt, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Harold E. Prudhon, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Baker, Botts, Andrews & Wharton and W. M. Ryan, all of Houston, Tex., for defendant.


KENNERLY, District Judge.

This is a libel by the United States Government under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, Sections 301 to 392, 21 U.S. C.A., to condemn Fifteen Cartons, more or less, of Sekov Reducer, a claimed remedy for obesity, found and situated in this District and Division, alleged to be misbranded within the meaning of the Act, and to have been shipped on or about May 24, 1941, in Interstate Commerce by Sekov Corporation, Hollywood, California...

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