Legal Opinion
Holistic Candlers & Consumer Ass'n v. U.S. Food & Drug Administration
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 16, 2011No. Civil Case 10-582 (RJL)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, the Holistic Candlers and Consumer Association and other individual manufacturers, consumers, and private associations (“plaintiffs”), bring this action against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “agency”) and other agencies and officials in the United States government (collectively, “defendants”) alleging violations of plaintiffs’ First, Ninth, Tenth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights; seeking injunctive relief staying the FDA’s determination that plaintiffs’ holistic candles are unapproved medical devices under 21…
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