Legal Opinion
Rutherford v. United States
District Court, W.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 5, 1977No. CIV-75-0218-BPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOHANON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs seek judicial review of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) determination that the substance commonly called Laetrile is a “new drug” within, the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, (the Act); (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.), and excludable from interstate commerce due to the absence of an approved new drug application on its behalf. (21 U.S.C. § 355).
On July 29, 1977, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs announced that: (1) Laetrile is not generally recognized by qualified experts as a safe and effective cancer drug and (2)…
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- Kent v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by24 opinions
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