United States v. Urbuteit

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Justice Douglas,

announced by Mr. Justice Reed.

The United States filed a libel under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (52 Stat. 1044, 21 U. S. C. § 334), seeking seizure of 16 machines labeled “Sinuothermic.” The libel alleged that the device was misbranded within the meaning of the Act (52 Stat. 1050, 21 U. S. C. § 352 (a)) in that representations in a leaflet entitled “The Road to Health” relative to the curative and therapeutic powers of the device in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment and prevention of disease were false and misleading. It charged…