United States v. Gehl

MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER

McCURN, Senior District Judge.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

“Once again, a little fish has caused a commotion.” Maine v. Taylor, 477 U.S. 131, 132, 106 S.Ct. 2440, 2444, 91 L.Ed.2d 110 (1986) (and cases cited therein). Although those words were not written with this case in mind, they certainly could have been. This time though a great commotion has been caused by tiny salmon eggs.

The defendants Robert J. Gehl, Tempotech Industries, Inc., Gehl Productions, Inc. 1 and George Jackson, 2 are engaged in the business of, among other things, processing, distributing and selling…