United States v. Roux Laboratories, Inc.

OPINION

CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge.

In June, 1975, an administrative search warrant was issued by the Court, authorizing agents of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to inspect the premises of Roux Laboratories, Inc. (“Roux”), and to collect samples of identified raw material used in the manufacture of retail, hair dye products. That warrant was not honored by Roux. Instead, Roux resisted compliance with the warrant. A contempt hearing was held in 1975; but the case later became tangled in several discovery disputes, with opposing discovery motions and objections. The Court resolved…